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.
An anxious Prince William had a "frank" discussion with the Queen over "second thoughts" he was having about Kate Middleton, according to a royal expert.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 40, dated for years before they married at Westminster Abbey in 2011, having met around a decade earlier when they were both studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
But they split in 2007, around four years into their relationship, after Wills reportedly got cold feet as pressure grew to propose amid engagement rumours.
Royal expert and author Katie Nicholl has said the future king had confided in Prince Charles and the Queen months before the split.
She said: "William had been having second thoughts and sat down with his father and his grandmother to have a frank discussion about his future with Kate.
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