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), but they were often pictured together, as seen below at the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
And ironically in The Crown, it is Margaret and Anne who better than anyone else. As a result, their dialogue helps the viewer finally make sense why Diana and Charles weren't the right match.
Princess Anne, left, shares a state landau with her aunt Princess Margaret, as they leave Buckingham Palace to drive to St Paul's Cathedral for the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer.
Princess Margaret—first played by in seasons one and two, and now by Bonham Carter—knows more than anyone how “the firm” (the Royal Family's nickname) can come between true love.
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