An unnamed royal expert has said that King Charles's narrow escape from a deadly avalanche left him with a heightened awareness of life's "fragility", according to a Fox News report. The piece centres on the King's brush with death, though the article text provided cuts off before detailing the expert's full comments or when the remarks were made.

The incident referenced is understood to be the 1988 avalanche at Klosters, Switzerland, in which Charles was skiing with a royal party when the slope gave way; his friend Major Hugh Lindsay was killed and another member of the group was seriously injured, while Charles himself was unhurt. The article suggests this brush with tragedy shaped his outlook on mortality, though further specifics from the expert's analysis were not included in the available text.