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.
Still on the rocks. Prince William has “not been in a good place” with Prince Harry for years, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.The Duke of Cambridge, 40, and his younger brother, 37, “hit rock bottom” after Harry and Meghan Markle sat down for a tell-all interview with CBS in March 2021, the insider says, adding that the bond between the siblings is “doomed” and “irreparable.”Per the insider, William “doesn’t know who [Harry] is anymore and the trust between them is strained,” especially after the royal family was “burned so many times” by the Duke of Sussex’s vocal criticism. “They’ll never recover from the damage that has been done.”Harry first hinted at tension between him and William during the October 2019 ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey when he mentioned having both “good days” and “bad days” with his older brother.
The following January, the Archewell cofounders announced their plans to step down from their senior royal duties and split time between the U.K.
and North America. At the time, a source exclusively told Us that the news hadn’t “gone down well with William,” who was “blindsided” by the move.The Suits alum and her husband later settled in California with their son, Archie, now 3, before welcoming daughter Lili in June 2021.
Ahead of Lili’s arrival, Harry shed more light on where he stands with William.“I love William to bits. We’ve been through hell together and we have a shared experience, but we are on different paths,” Harry said during the couple’s CBS interview, claiming William and Prince Charles were both “trapped” within the monarchy. “The relationship is space at the moment and time heals all things, hopefully.”Along with his and Meghan’s bombshell
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