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.
Elton John and husband David Furnish are parents of two sons, Zachary and Elijah, both born via surrogate. However, during an appearance on Dua Lipa’s new podcast, Sir Elton revealed that they had initially tried to adopt a child from an orphanage in Ukraine they visited, but were turned down.
The rock icon recounted the story for iHeartRadio’s “Dua Lipa: At Your Service”. READ MORE: Elton John And Stevie Wonder Celebrate Life In Heartwarming Music Video For ‘Finish Line’ “I was carrying this little boy around for hours.
We had a press conference at the end and they said ‘You seem very fond of this little boy. Would you think of adopting him?’ and I went ‘I’d actually love to!'” he recalled. “Of course, not thinking about social media, it went around the world straight away,” he continued. “It was ‘Elton John wants to adopt two children.'” However, he noted that he and Furnish were deemed ineligible to adopt due to their sexuality. READ MORE: Sir Elton John Steps Out With Walking Stick As He Receives Top Honour From Prince Charles “Because I was gay I wasn’t allowed to anyway,” he explained. “After that happened, David said, ‘Well, what do you think about having kids?’ I always said no but this little boy was telling me something.
He was saying ‘C’mon you can be a dad,’ and that’s when we decided to have children, because of this little boy in Ukraine.”
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