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.
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, was always destined to be king, with even his birth setting him apart from other members of the royal family.
Upon arriving on 21 June 1982, the young prince was the first direct heir to the throne to have been born in a hospital - on this occasion within the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s in London.
Second in line to the throne, William Arthur Philip Louis was christened at 11am on 4 August in Buckingham Palace’s ornate Music Room.
It was a formal – and not entirely joyous – occasion. His mother Princess Diana, then just 21, later confided to friends, “No one consulted me as to whether 11am would fit in with William’s schedule.
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