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' Season 5 Shows Elizabeth Debicki, Dominic West as 'Most Visual' Era of the Royals: See the Pics
etonline.com’s return continues to build, Netflix shared official new images of the incoming actors, who have been tasked with taking over the key roles on creator Peter Morgan’s historical drama about the royals for seasons 5 and 6.
Per tradition of the series, a new cast is brought in every two installments to reflect the age and growth of Queen Elizabeth II and her family, with Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki leading the latest all-star ensemble.
With the last season starring Olivia Colman and others ending in 1990, season 5 is expected to pick up shortly after as it explores the end of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s marriage while Queen Elizabeth navigates a new era of attention surrounding the palace that coincides with the birth of the 24/7 news cycle that closely covered every family scandal at the time. “That's the amazing thing about playing these people at this time, because in the journey of so far out of all the seasons, this is the most visual content we have of the royal family,” Debicki tells Netflix’s Tudum. “In the ‘90s everything had started to be filmed and also it was the birth of the 24-hour news cycle so there's just this incredible amount of content that we have access to.” Here’s a closer look at Debicki and her co-stars as they embody a modern era of the royal family on season 5 of : “Diana was the most photographed person in the world at that time,” Debicki says. “As an actor you open the portal and this huge tsunami of information comes at you.
I happily swam around in it.”“I think people understand, because the cast has changed every two seasons, that this is not an imitation,” West says. “This is an evoking of a character.
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