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.
Whatever your opinion on the royal family, it's hard not to feel profoundly sad over the ever-expanding chasm between Prince William and Prince Harry.
The two sons of the late Princess Diana have admitted that they're on "different paths" (Harry's words), and the rumored bitterness between the once-close brothers reached an apex when Prince Harry, along with wife Meghan Markle, stepped down from the senior royal family in January, reportedly leaving William, the Queen, and Prince Charles mired in "hurt” and “disappointment." Speaking to Page Six, Jayne Fincher, a royal photographer who watched the boys grow up, said that Princess Diana "would be heartbroken." Fincher took some of the late princess' most iconic shots, and published a
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