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 reveals how he named the wood at Balmoral after Prince George
msn.comPrince of Wales has described how the wood he began planting for hisâ¯grandchild Prince George had become “an old man’s obsession”.
â¯Speaking from the gardens of Birkhall, on the Queen’s Balmoral estate, Charles said he had turned a field no longer being used by a neighbouring farmer into an arboretum.
He began planting the trees in 2013 and named it after his eldest grandson, who was born that year. “The great thing was I managed to plant it the same year that my grandson was born,” he told the BBC. “So I thought I’d call it Prince George’s Wood.
It is really for autumn colour and a bit of spring. But autumn is the magic up here. So finding all the interesting trees and shrubs that turn an interesting colour is half the battle.
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