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’ Season 4 teaser unfurls Diana’s less-than-royal romance
nypost.comher famous tousled hairstyle — as she and Prince Charles (30-year-old actor Josh O’Connor) go through glimmering courtship, a public wedding for the ages and, ultimately, a spectacular separation in the shadow of Kensington Palace.The nearly two-minute clip is propelled by an ominous soundtrack and kicks off with a narrator who intones, “Here is the stuff of which fairy tales are made.” However, there won’t be a storybook ending, as smiles and laughs segue to arguments and pinched expressions while the royal family lives out, in the narrator’s words, “life’s splendors and miseries, achievements and setbacks.”The new season — tracing the years 1979 to 1990 — will again feature Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth, Helena Bonham Carter as.
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