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.
Kate Middleton 'given King's blessing to do one thing he never allowed Diana to do'
dailyrecord.co.ukKate Middleton has been given the King's approval to do one thing he never allowed the late Princess Diana to do which is to steal the limelight from him according to a royal expert.Previous reports from royal insiders claim the monarch feared that Prince William and Kate's popularity would overshadow him and his wife Queen Camilla but one expert has now claimed that Charles has given them his blessing to do so.Meanwhile, Charles never granted the same permission to his late wife Diana who he is believed to have grown increasingly jealous of during their marriage while she received public attention, the Mirror reports.
The late Princess of Wales' overwhelming popularity was said to have put a huge strain on her marriage with the then Prince Charles, who grew bitter about her public admiration in the early days of their relationship as crowds would shout to talk to Diana instead of the future king.
Diana confirmed her ex-husband's jealousy in her famous Panorama interview in 1995 as she said: "The pressure on us both as a couple with the media was phenomenal, and misunderstood by a great many people. "We'd be going round Australia for instance, and all you could hear was, 'Oh, she's on the other side.' "Now, if you're a man like my husband, a proud man, you mind about that if you hear it every day for four weeks.
And you feel low about it, instead of feeling happy and sharing it." Claiming it caused "a lot of jealousy", she added: "A great deal of complicated situations arose because of that." An expert now claims that the new Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton has upstaged the King and his now-wife Queen Camilla.
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