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.
First coronavirus patients admitted into London's Nightingale hospital
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSome of the 4,000 beds in the new NHS Nightingale hospital have been taken up by Covid-19 patients. The first patients were admitted on Tuesday evening to the health facility in Newham, east London, which was created in just nine days to help cope with the pandemic.
A spokeswoman declined to say how many people were being treated at the custom-built field hospital at the ExCeL Centre in the capital’s Docklands.
Opened by Prince Charles on Friday and named after nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, it will need an army of up to 16,000 staff in clinical and ancillary roles to keep it running.
In Manchester, the 'Nightingale of the North' is currently under construction and is set to open on Easter Sunday. The M.E.N.
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