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’s 1995 television interview in which she claimed there were “three people” in her marriage to Prince Charles was fueled by rumors passed along by Diana herself, claims interviewer Martin Bashir.The BBC reporter is now under investigation for purported lies he told to Diana to secure her cooperation in a scandalous televised chat, which ultimately led to her divorce.
He is currently the religious affairs reporter at the BBC.Bashir now claims that the “smears” attributed to him actually came from Princess Diana.
A BBC probe on the allegations was started in November after Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, made notes he took public.Spencer’s notes, taken during a meeting with Bashir and his sister, alleged the Queen was ill and on
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