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.
Putin left the Queen waiting for 14 mins and she broke protocol to make snide remark
dailystar.co.ukBBC: "The only time I met Vladimir Putin was back in 2003 on an official visit and my then dog barked very loudly."I did apologise to the Queen who was obviously hosting.
I don’t think I am giving anything away when I said: 'Sorry your Majesty about the dog barking.'"She said: 'Dogs have interesting instincts, don’t they?'"The alleged remark would be a break from the royal protocol as the Queen must usually remain "strictly neutral with respect to political matters".However, the Queen isn't the only member of the Royal Family to have reportedly expressed their opinion on the Russian leader.Prince Charles broke royal protocol by letting his alleged true feelings about Vladimir Putin slip during a conversation with a Jewish museum volunteer.It's claimed the Prince of Wales, who traditionally remains neutral on political matters as a member of the Royal Family, compared the Putin foreign policy to the Nazi aggression which led to World War 2, during a royal tour of Canada in 2014.On his trip, Charles and his wife Camilla paid tribute to World War 2 veterans and their families at the Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia.During the tour, the heir to the throne spoke to a woman named Marienne Ferguson explained to Charles that she fled to Canada with her family shortly before the Nazis annexed the Free City of Gdansk in Poland in 1939.For the latest stories from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.After meeting the Prince of Wales, Ms Ferguson claimed: “The Prince said, ‘And now Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler.’ I must say that I agree with him and am sure a lot of people do.“But I was very surprised that he made the comment as I know [Royal Family members] aren’t meant to say.
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