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 Meghan Markle’s Tell-All Compares to Princess Diana’s 1995 Interview
usmagazine.comNot holding back. Meghan Markle and the late Princess Diana both gave powerful looks at their times as members of the British royal family — and their revelations were eerily similar.Diana married Prince Charles, heir apparent to the throne, in July 1981 and quickly transformed into an international icon.
Amid reports of infidelity, the parents of Prince William and Prince Harry announced their separation in December 1992, three years before the “people’s princess” sat down for a televised interview with BBC’s Martin Bashir.“No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, ‘This is what is expected of you,'” Diana recalled of her introduction to life as a royal. “But there again, I’m lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role, and
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