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 Queen's 'eyebrow raising' parenting methods - including only seeing kids for 30 minutes a day
ok.co.ukMotherhood is a personal journey, and there are many ways to do it and no choice is better or worse than another. Well, of course there are some exceptions to this rule but mostly everybody is just doing their best!
That includes the Queen, who did parenting her own way while raising her four children - Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. Here are some of her more unique parenting tactics...Trailblazing royal breastfeeding Traditionally, 'wet nurses' would take care of breastfeeding royal children.
Royal Historian Amy Licence told the Guardian that the Queen started the "relatively new phenomenon" after being breastfed herself, and Princess Diana and the Duchess of Cambridge followed in her footsteps. "Historically, most royal mothers did not always believe that breast was best.
In fact, in some cases, it was considered at best an inconvenience, at worst, downright harmful," she explained. She continued, "Breastfeeding offers a degree of contraceptive protection, so with their babies being fed by others, Queens were free to resume their duties and begin the process of conceiving the next heir. "It was also believed that breast milk would be curdled if marital relations were resumed before weaning.
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