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.
When you’ve spent most of your life in drafty castles and chilly palaces, a cosy and rather modest holiday home must be quite the tonic.
Prince Charles and Camilla’s Welsh cottage, tucked away in the hills of Carmarthenshire, is their private haven. It’s also very much a family affair. “Camilla’s sister Annabel Elliot decorated it for them,” reveals royal expert Ingrid Seward. “It’s very special to them, and it just looks so pretty.” Despite this three-bedroomed farmhouse being the most down-to-earth of royal residences, the site on which it’s built did have lofty beginnings, owned centuries ago by a chap with the curious name of William Williams, who was a relative of Anne Boleyn.
Charles and Camilla’s home used to be the coach house to a 13-bedroom mansion owned by a family of barons called the Griffies-Williams, which itself is now in ruins.
The prince paid £1.2 million for the property, which also includes three cottages and a Grade II-listed barn, and called on the services of architect Craig Hamilton to convert it, using traditional building techniques.
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