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.
Queen Elizabeth Meets With Justin Trudeau In First In-Person Engagement Since Contracting COVID
etcanada.comOn Monday, Queen Elizabeth II held an audience with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The meeting at Windsor Castle was Queen Elizabeth’s first in-person engagement since testing positive for COVID late last month. READ MORE: Queen Elizabeth To Remain Living At Windsor Castle Trudeau is in the U.K.
this week for talks with British PM Boris Johnson and Dutch PM Mark Rutte about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Canadian PM was pictured laughing and conversing with the Queen.
The Queen tested positive for COVID on Feb. 20, just days after her son Prince Charles and his wife Camilla also caught the virus, and experienced “mild, cold-like symptoms.” READ MORE: Queen Elizabeth Makes Private Donation To Ukraine Relief Efforts Along with her bout of COVID, Queen Elizabeth had also recently spent three months resting on doctor’s orders, forcing her to pull out of the COP26 climate conference and a number of other public events.
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