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 expert secrets behind Princess Diana’s look on ‘The Crown’
nypost.comfourth season of “The Crown” on Netflix, costume designer Amy Roberts pored over film footage along with newspaper and magazine photographs of the iconic British royal.She wanted to re-create Diana’s famous frou-frou wedding gown, but found herself faced with a perplexing issue while analyzing the coverage of the aristocrat’s ill-fated 1981 marriage to Prince Charles.“It was quite difficult to gauge the color choice as, in every image of that dress, the color changes,” she told The Post about the challenge.Undaunted, the veteran costumier drafted in David Emanuel, who along with his now ex-wife Elizabeth, designed the original showstopper.“He approved the color choice and basically said: ‘Just get on with it and enjoy,’ ” recalled.
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