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.
Prince Charles' aides have slammed claims he speculated about Archie's skin tone as "fiction". Earlier this year, Meghan Markle made the bombshell revelation that someone within the Royal Family asked about the complexion of her and Harry's children.
The allegation made during the couple's Oprah Winfrey interview, left Prince William having to assure a reporter "we are very much not a racist family".
In new book, Brothers And Wives: Inside The Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan, Royal biographer Christopher Andersen quotes a source claiming Prince Charles is the unnamed royal behind the comments.
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