Reading also pointed to an older prediction, claiming Nostradamus foresaw the execution of Charles I in 1649: “There’s an extraordinary quatrain, index dated 49. Any historian will immediately know what I’m talking about when it says the English Parliament will put their king to death. Well, at the time that Nostradamus wrote this, in 1555, no Parliament had ever put their king to death. It had never occurred — and Charles I was beheaded in 1649.”

According to the author, the book also predicted Queen Elizabeth II’s passing and outlines a dramatic future for King Charles.

One particular verse, quatrain 10/22, reads: “Because they disapproved of his divorce, A man who later they considered unworthy; The People will force out the King of the islands; A Man will replace who never expected to be king.”

In a passage written back in 2005, Reading commented, “This Quatrain will come as no surprise to the British people and it has wide implications. The first is that Queen Elizabeth will die, circa 2022, at the age of around 96, five years short of her mother’s term of life.”

Reading suggested that King Charles would choose to abdicate after becoming “weary at the persistent attacks on both himself and second wife” and due to “resentments held against him by a certain proportion of the British population, following his divorce from Diana, Princess of Wales.”

Notably, the book also predicts that Prince Harry—not Prince William—will succeed King Charles. This part of the prophecy has sparked considerable intrigue, as it envisions a future that defies traditional royal expectations.

Although Mario Reading passed away in 2017, his son has acknowledged the surge of interest in the book. “It’s been completely incredible to see so many people discussing and sharing my father’s book.

It really was a labour of love for him to write, and if he was here today he’d be wonderfully proud that a number of his interpretations have come to fruition. I look forward to seeing what other predictions come true,” he said.