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.
Meghan and Harry plan to return as 'part-time royals', author claims
ok.co.ukMeghan Markle and Prince Harry could return to work as "part-time royals" when Prince Charles takes over the thrown, according to an author.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as senior members of the Royal Family in 2020 and overhauled their lives to start afresh in sunny California, where they live with children Archie, two, and baby Lilibet.
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, have been fairly successful in making their own way through their philanthropic work with the Archewell Foundation as well as their multimillion pound deals with streaming giants like Netflix and Spotify.
While they appear to have moved on from their time working for the monarch, one royal author believes the pair could return to their duties when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's thrown is taken over by Harry's father Charles, 73.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Speaking to the To Di For Daily podcast, Tom Quinn said: “One interesting thing an insider told me… Is that both Meghan and Harry believe that when the elder royals die – in other words, Elizabeth (95) – they may well be able when Charles is King, be able to come back and be the part-time royals that they really wanted to be. “So that they would be six months [as] working royals and six months in the States or wherever doing their own thing." He continued: “That was something that Queen Elizabeth absolutely said couldn’t happen, but I think Meghan and Harry are hoping that Charles, Harry's father after all, will be more of a moderniser and will say to them, ‘Okay, if you want to be part-time royals, that’s fine’. “I don’t think Harry and Meghan really want to spend their whole time in the States and not be part of.
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