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.
Princess Diana 'hated Prince Charles' and her marriage was 'hell from day one'
dailyrecord.co.ukPrince of Wales as she sought to make her story public, a new documentary claims. A Channel 4 film about Diana's bombshell interview with the BBC's Panorama programme claims the royal also told the then editor of The Daily Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings, Charles was not up to the task of kingship.Diana: The Truth Behind The Interview, which will be screened on Wednesday, examines the circumstances behind the princess's interview with BBC broadcaster Martin Bashir.According to the documentary, the BBC was Diana's second choice to tell her story, as three months before the Panorama interview she attempted to get her story out in a two-hour, one-on-one briefing with the then Daily Telegraph editor.
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