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.
Kevin Costner had an ‘ugly’ feud with the royal family after Princess Diana’s death: They ‘turned on me’
nypost.com“The Howard Stern Show” on Tuesday, the Oscar winner, 69, confirmed that a sequel to his hit 1992 film “The Bodyguard” with Whitney Houston was in the works with Princess Diana as his planned co-star.However, Diana’s death in summer 1997 caused the project to be canceled — and Costner subsequently faced the wrath of the royals, who didn’t believe that the princess was willing to do a Hollywood movie.“When Diana passed, about a year later it had leaked out that I was prepping ‘Bodyguard 2’ with her.
And what happened was, the royal family kind of turned on me a little bit,” he recalled. “Like, ‘No, that’s not true.’ And it got actually kind of ugly,” Costner continued. “And I let it go for a while.
It just got uglier and uglier.”The “Yellowstone” star said that he ended up reaching out to Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, who initially connected Costner with Diana, and asked for her help.“Finally I called up Sarah, and said, ‘Sarah, you need to tell me who is leading the charge there on this thing.
She goes, ‘No, no, no, Kev, you don’t want to talk to them.’ I said, ‘Yes I do.’ I called them up and I said, ‘I’m telling you something, you need to stop because it is true.
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