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.
Unbelievably strange reason the King and other royals can't eat pointy food
ok.co.ukYou may expect the King to only have a taste for the finer things in life, but it seems that he is just like everyone else when it comes to having certain food preferences.
While King Charles is known to be particular about certain ingredients and where they come from, he enjoys simple and healthy dishes packed full of fruit and vegetables over heavy meals.
Despite avoiding some foods for sensible reasons when in public - such as garlic, seafood and tomato-based sauces - some of his more popular food aversions are because of centuries of royal superstitions that have passed down from generation to generation.
The most peculiar of these is down to the King and other members of his family being unable to eat food in a certain shape as it is linked to the idea that the person who serves the food is trying to cause damage to the monarchy.
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