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.
How finishing school, heartbreak and ‘Camillagate’ prepared the Queen Consort for the throne
msn.comQueen Consort was ten, she stated proudly in the classroom of Queen’s Gate School, South Kensington, ‘My great-grandmother (Alice Keppel) was the lover of the king.
We’re practically royalty. ’ She was not to know, of course, that she too would become the mistress of King Charles – although she went one better by eventually marrying him.
Camilla Shand was born on 17 July 1947. The obstetrician who delivered her at King’s College Hospital was Sir William Gilliatt who, by extraordinary coincidence, delivered Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace 16 months later.
Unlike Charles, who was a lonely, rather tense child and had only minimum contact with his parents, the Queen Consort’s early family life was rich, happy and stable.
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