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.
Princess Diana’s death is front and center in ‘The Crown’s’ new trailer
nypost.comsixth and final season will debut in two parts later this year on Netflix and the first slice’s full-length trailer has finally dropped.Of course, the central focus of the last few episodes is the untimely death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), the chaotic aftermath and its effect on the royal family for years to come. “I don’t understand how I ended up here,” a sad Diana sighs.“Dashing around and loosing sight of myself in the process.
That has been the story of my whole life,” she says in a voiceover.Over haunting music, the Princess of Wales’ passing in a Parisian car crash in 1997 casts a dark shadow over the teaser, as other characters ponder what the future holds following the tragic accident. “All one wants is for that girl to find peace,” a tired-looking Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton) exhales to other members of her family.
In another scene, the monarch softly tells Diana: “You finally succeeded in turning this house upside down. It’s a revolution.” But Diana replies simply: “That was never my intention.” There are then flashes of the after effects of the crash that killed Diana and her boyfriend at the time Dodi Fayed (Khalid Abdalla).
There is also a focus on how the media skewers the family over staying silent after the tragedy.“What do people want from me?” the Queen sternly ponders to her son, Prince Charles (Dominic West) following the event.
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