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.
Inside 'Disneyland-like' town built by Prince Charles - with compulsory bird boxes
ok.co.ukPoundbury is, literally, The Town That Prince Charles Built. A new development, the first foundations of which were set down in 1993, it is HRH’s vision for a better Britain.
His aim was to create a community rather than a housing estate, somewhere providing a job for everyone and, with his eco-goals in mind, where walking is more important than driving.
After all, Charles has long been vocal over his dislike for new-build estates on the urban fringes, which require a car to pop to the shop for a loaf of bread.The heir to the throne was hell-bent on building his own town against all the odds. “Everybody was against it, I was told it was totally uneconomic.
But I’ve gone on regardless of the endless criticism because I believed in it for the long term,” said Charles. He never let the fact it’s been referred to as Dorset’s Disneyland, and, as one local said, “a bit of a Marmite place” get in his way.
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