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.
King Charles will follow Queen's 'shining example' and support people of Northern Ireland
ok.co.ukKing Charles III has pledged to “seek the welfare” for all Northern Ireland’s people and described how his family have felt their “sorrows” as he praised his mother’s relationship with Northern Ireland.
Speaking at Hillsborough Castle in Co Down, the royal residence in Northern Ireland, the new monarch said the late Queen Elizabeth II was aware of her position in bringing together divided communities “whom history had separated.” Stormont Assembly speaker Alex Maskey gave the new monarch a message of condolence, on the death of his mother, on behalf of the people of Northern Ireland.
Responding to this the King said: “Through all those years, she never ceased to pray for the best of times for this place and for its people, whose stories she knew, whose sorrows our family had felt, and for whom she had a great affection and regard. “My mother felt deeply, I know, the significance of the role she herself played in bringing together those whom history had separated, and in extending a hand to make possible the healing of long-held hurts." With his Queen Consort and significant figures from Northern Ireland watching, the King said about the late Queen: “Now, with that shining example before me, and with God’s help, I take up my new duties resolved to seek the welfare of all the inhabitants of Northern Ireland.” Speaking of his own family sorrows in regards to the history of Ireland, the King was likely referencing the death of his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten, who was killed by the IRA in 1979.
Prior to his death, Mountbatten had been something of a mentor to Charles, who viewed him not just as a great-uncle but as an ‘honorary grandfather,’ who he would write to asking for advice.
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