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, with Emma Corrin as Princess Diana and Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher being introduced to viewers for the first time.
Although the show has some footing in history, a lot of poetic licence has gone into building the award-wining drama.Actor Josh O’Connor, who plays Prince Charles, told the BBC: “Ultimately what Peter [Morgan, creator] does so brilliantly, is that he takes the historical facts that you know, the moments that you can either remember or you’ve seen footage of, and then paints in-between these punctuation moments.“There’s a fascination with the Royals and people sometimes will want to believe that this all happened, and I think it’s just always worth kind of checking in and remembering that this, we’re actors,.
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