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.
‘The Crown’: Australia’s ABC Calls Out Netflix Show For Inventing Quotes About The Queen Being A “Pig”
deadline.comAustralian broadcaster ABC’s flagship current affairs show 4 Corners has set the record straight about a scene in Season 4 of The Crown involving the country’s former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.Episode six, Terra Nullius, opens with Hawke — played by Richard Roxburgh — being interviewed at ABC’s studios in 1983 about welcoming Prince Charles and Princess Diana to the Commonwealth nation.During the exchange, The Crown writer Peter Morgan quotes Hawke as saying: “An unelected non-Australian who lives on the other side of the world and, for all their good intentions, is a different breed.
You wouldn’t put a pig in charge of a herd of prime beef cattle, even if it did look good in a twinset and pearls.”But 4 Corners pointed out that Hawke never
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