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.
Barry Cryer nearly invited Princess Diana back to his house after royal's touching gift
dailystar.co.ukPrincess Diana back to his flat. Barry’s family announced today (January 27) that the comedian had passed away at the age of 86.In a statement, the comedy titan’s family said he had died peacefully in “good spirits” and had been making jokes right until the end.
The Leeds-born comedian was a consistent presence on BBC Radio 4 panel show ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’, as well as writing for other stars including Morecambe and Wise.And, just months before his death, Barry had appeared on an episode of the ‘Little Did You Know’ chat show, where he recalled a funny story about meeting Princess Diana.“I went to a lunch, and husband’s wives and partners had to be on separate tables, my darling Terry had flu so she didn’t come,” he began.“They showed me to a table, and there’s Princess Diana, I’m sitting next to her.”He explained to the People's Princess that his wife Terry couldn’t attend because of illness and was then asked by the royal what her name was.“Anyway, time goes on, and Prince Charles speaks, and she said to me, ‘I bet you’re wanting to go home?’, and I curbed the impulse to say, ‘your place or mine?’,” he laughed.“And it had been over two hours since I mentioned my wife’s name.
Diana reaches under the table, picks up a bunch of flowers that they’d given her, and said, ‘give those to Terry’, she remembered the name after all that time.“So I’m on the tube with this big bouquet of flowers, I get home and my darling’s in bed with a cup of coffee, and I lob the bouquet onto the bed and said, ‘Diana sent you these’.“And Terry said, ‘oh p**s off’.”The new year had seen Barry launch a new podcast series with his son Bob Cryer, who is an actor and writer.With an episode released as recently as January 14, the star shared.
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