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 told Princess Diana that Prince Charles was 'hopeless' in unearthed tapes
dailystar.co.ukWatched and adored by millions, Princess Diana had the fairytale wedding in 1981 every girl dreams of – yet as history was soon to reveal, it didn't last.
With Charles and Diana's marriage marred by accusations of his links with Camilla Parker Bowles the pair divorced in 1992. As Diana said in her own words in her explosive 1995 interview with BBC Panorama's Martin Bashir: "There were three of us in this marriage".
Yet in recently unearthed tapes aired in the Channel 4's Diana: In Her Own Words documentary, Princess Diana seemed to speak beyond the grave to shed more light on the isolation she faced within the royal household.
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