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.
Prince Charles made headlines after he was seen ditching hand-shakes for Namaste to limit human contact amid the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.
Earlier this week, while attending the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey, Charles was seen greeting everyone in the room with his hands folded and the pictures instantly went viral.
This came days after actor Anupam Kher posted a video on social media advising people to opt Namaste over handshakes. But it seems like the American media did not get the memo.
slammed ABC News for failing to recognise the gesture for what it was and wrongly referring to it as ‘prayer like gesture’. Tweeting a video of Prince Charles greeting people with Namaste, ABC wrote, “Prince Charles offered a handshake
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