Steve Coogan sets his sights on the life of a fugitive king

Inspired by a book by Princess Diana's brother, the actor is researching flight of Charles II from Oliver Cromwell's troops

Steve Coogan, fresh from the story of the discovery of Richard III's bones in The Lost King, is now to tackle the life of King Charles, with the help of Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, and his longtime writing collaborator, screenwriter Jeff Pope. The monarch in question is not, however, our current king, but one of his predecessors, Charles II.

Rather than a sequel to The Lost King, I suppose you could call it a prequel to where we are now, with King Charles III," the actor told the Observer.