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 William 'wept' as he watched Princess Diana's famous Panorama interview and 'something inside him snapped,' a royal author claims.
The Princess sent shockwaves through the monarchy with the Panorama interview, which included candid details about her marriage and Prince Charles's relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, his now wife.
Diana admitted her relationship with James Hewitt, a former British cavalry officer, was "more than friendship" and confessed that she loved him and also questioned Charles's suitability as King.
The 1995 interview is said to have had an 'extraordinary' impact on Prince William, then just 11. "Before the 58 minutes ended, William was weeping," Robert Lacey writes in Battle Of Brothers: William, Harry And
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