Charles, King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms
King Charles III became monarch on September 8, 2022, following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned for 70 years. On November 14, 1948, Charles Philip Arthur George was born at Buckingham Palace. He is the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Mountbatten. He has three siblings: Princess Anne (Princess Royal), Prince Andrew (Duke of York), and Prince Edward (the Duke of Edinburgh). Charles was crowned alongside his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, on May 6, 2023.
Unlike prior royals, he received his education in a classroom, not from a tutor in the palace. He went to Gordonstoun in eastern Scotland, Hill House in west London, and Cheam Preparatory School in Berkshire.
At Caerfarnon Castle in 1969, when he was 20 years old, the Queen invested him as Prince of Wales. Prior to becoming the Prince of Wales, the prince studied Welsh at Aberystwyth’s University College of Wales.
In 1971, Charles graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in history and served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. He left the British forces in 1976 to take up his Prince of Wales role full-time. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral. They had two boys, William (the current Prince of Wales) and Henry (Harry, Duke of Sussex). Charles and Diana separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996. Sadly, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997, and Charles was left to raise the two boys as a single father. Charles married his longtime girlfriend, Camilla Parker Bowles, in 2005.
As Prince of Wales, Charles had many accomplishments. He has and continues to have a keen interest in climate, architecture, the homeless, organics, the environment, nature, art, alternative medicine, literature, sports, and the arts. As President and Patron, King Charles is head of over 400 organisations, most notably The Prince’s Trust (now the King’s Foundation), The Prince’s Countryside Fund, The Prince’s Drawing School, Dumfries House, Organic Farming, and Sustainable Gardening.
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