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.
When first imaging what life must be like as the ruling monarch of the United Kingdom, many of us could be forgiven for thinking that it’s a life of leisure.
Yet in actuality, there is nothing short of a ‘relentless schedule’, with King Charles III himself regularly pulling late nights and skipping meals as he crams as much work as possible into a very finite number of hours.
Starting his day off with a breakfast of fruit and seeds, the new monarch is even known to frequently skip lunch as he barely takes the time to slow down amid his gruelling schedule.
Sharing his own experience of working alongside the royal, his former press secretary Julian Payne shared an intimate glimpse behind the scenes of the former Prince of Wales’ day to day routine. “The working day is pretty relentless.
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