Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Elizabeth II. He has been Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952, and he is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history.
He is also the longest-serving Prince of Wales, having held that title since 1958. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace as the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, which his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, had attended as a child. Charles also spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia.
As Netflix’s The Crown enters 4th season we look at the sensational scenes that are fiction… and those that are fact
thesun.co.ukSEX, war, adultery and terror attacks - the eagerley awaited new series of The Crown enters the Eighties and delivers its most explosive storylines yet.
With the Queen’s four children grown up, they start making their way in the world just as the country undergoes a revolution under the premiership of Margaret Thatcher.
But the biggest revelation in the drama, which starts on Sunday (Nov 15) is the introduction of Princess Diana to the story of The Windsors, who’s played by newcomer Emma Corrin.
ROD MCPHEE looks at the show’s ten most shocking moments - and whether they’re more fact or fiction… 1 - DICKIE’S “DYING” WISH The series starts in Ireland in 1979 where the IRA carry out an horrific bomb attack on Prince Charles’s beloved.
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