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.
The Crown is currently filming its sixth season in St Andrews, as it is set to showcase the Prince and Princess of Wales first meeting and early relationship.Prince William met his now wife Kate Middleton at St Andrews University where they lived together in student housing before beginning a relationship.
Actor Ed McVey, 21, who will play the Prince throughout his late teens and early twenties, was seen filming scenes for the show in the Fife town on Tuesday.Meg Bellamy, 19, who is playing Kate in the show, has also been seen filming scenes around the Scots town.
Meg was seen dressed in jeans, a white shirt and blue jacket, sitting in the window of the pub Molly Malones and then leaving it carrying books as he crossed the road.The pair graduated in 2005 and briefly split up in 2007, before rekindling their romance and getting engaged in 2010.
William and Kate tied the knot in 2011, and have since welcomed their three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West will reprise their roles as Diana, Princess of Wales, and the then-Prince Charles, with Imelda Staunton continuing as Queen Elizabeth II and Jonathan Pryce as the late Duke of Edinburgh.The controversial Netflix series focussed on Charles and Diana's marriage breakdown in the sixth season, including the phone-hacking scandal and the late Princess' infamous BBC Panorama interview.The last season of the show focused on the marriage breakdown of Charles and Diana and the leaked phone calls between Charles and Camilla.
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