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 and Princess Diana’s wedding cake to go up for auction
nypost.comdon’t eat it, too.A 28-ounce slice of the cake from the day the Prince of Wales made the late, great Lady Diana a princess is going up for auction Aug.
11. The piece of cake is expected to fetch 500 British pounds, or about $700.The slice comes from one of the 27 cakes offered at the July 29, 1981, nuptials.
Over 750 million people tuned in to watch the televised wedding of the century, in which the Archbishop of Canterbury famously uttered the line: “Here is the stuff of which fairy tales are made of.”The iced cake has a white marzipan base and is decorated with a sugary facsimile of the royal coat of arms colored in gold, red, blue and silver.The piece was given to Moyra Smith, a member of Queen Elizabeth’s household at Clarence House..
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