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.
Lorraine Kelly slams Prince Harry over police protection telling him he 'can't hire Scotland Yard!'
dailyrecord.co.ukLorraine Kelly slammed Prince Harry after hearing of his protection plan for returning to the UK, telling viewers, "You can't hire Scotland Yard!" Prince Harry, 37, offered to foot the bill to cover his security costs so the British taxpayer would not be paying for his family's security but has come under fire for his safety concerns if they were to return to the UK.
The Duke pays for his own security protection for his family in the US and is in a legal battle with the Home Office over their decision to not allow him to pay for police protection when they are in the UK.Lorraine invited the Daily Mirror's royal editor Russell Myers onto her show to discuss Prince Harry's proposed plan.
Russell explained to ITV viewers: "It could potentially get very messy and people have told me within the royal circles that this is particularly misguided." However, Lorraine erupted: "You can't hire Scotland Yard, you can't. "But to be fair, he says he'll pay anything, it's not like he's asking the police or the Queen to pay." Russell explained when Prince Charles was in a relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles he paid privately for his own security to look after her.Lorraine added: "It just feels awful, could [Harry] not just have picked the phone up to his dad and said, 'Look you've not seen your granddaughter yet, but we want to fix it."She said Charles could then have potentially offered a security contact to Harry who he could use during his next visit to the UK.Lorraine asked whether Harry and Charles' relationship was "so bad" that they are unable to do that.Russell replied: "If he is now saying the UK is not safe enough for his family to visit, where does that leave him with his relationship with his family?"I would imagine
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