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.
While it’s Prince Charles who’s up next in the line of royal succession, there are U.K. citizens who would prefer his son Prince William as king after Queen Elizabeth II’s reign ends.
At least that’s according to a new poll released by YouGov, which found that the Duke of Cambridge’s popularity had grown in recent months.
The polling results, which were posted to Twitter on Tuesday, December 15 by the international research data and analytics group, showed what they called “The Crown effect”—referring to the Netflix series of the same name.
Followers of the show would know that Season 4 of The Crown was released in November 2020, and it focuses on Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles (his now-wife) during his marriage to
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