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's grandmother was incredible WWII codebreaker and still influences royal children
ok.co.ukKate Middleton's grandmother was an incredible WWII codebreaker, who played an important in the second world war.The Princess of Wales revealed her relative Valerie Middleton's incredible story while honouring the Red Cross in 2020.
War hero Valerie worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park which broke the Enigma code. During the conflict Germans used the Enigma, a cipher machine, to develop nearly unbreakable codes for sending secret messages.
Kate shared an intimate family snapshot that features he grandmother, Valerie Middleton during a Voluntary Aid Detachment with the British Red Cross in World War II.The photo showed Valerie fitted snugly in her nurses' uniform, surrounded by her comrades.
Honouring her family's ties with the Red Cross, Kate penned a letter thanking 150 Red Cross staff members and volunteers whose names were put forward by the organisation in recognition of their invaluable contributions, reports the Express.
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