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 Newsreader creator teases ‘sex, sequins, and Kylie Minogue’ as series returns
ok.co.ukDrugs, politics and Princess Diana drive the headlines in the second season of 80s-set Australian series The Newsreader – but it’s the broadcasters’ private lives that bring the drama.The power struggle continues between News At Six’s Helen Norville and her junior-reporter-turned-boyfriend Dale Jennings.
Creator Michael Lucas is an expert at relationship dramas – having also produced the romcom Offspring and comedy-drama Five Bedrooms – so it’s no surprise that Dale (Sam Reid) and Helen (Anna Torv) went from professional to romantic before you could say “And this just in...”!
The pair are now established as the golden couple of news, despite Dale’s admission about his sexuality in series one. Read More Related Articles Kevin Vidal confesses he 'never read the full script of Culprits' as heist series comes to Disney+ “Dale confesses all these complex things about his sexuality,” Michael says. “Where we’d seen it as an admission of queerness, that love between Dale and Helen was still a huge part of their lives. "So we were interested in seeing how they navigated as a couple staying together.” The second series picks up in July 1987, a year after the events of the series one finale.
As a show that mixes fact with fiction, Michael says they weren’t short of juicy stories. “We’re keeping on track of all of those big news events of the era,” he explains. “Like the stock market crash, a federal election, the heroin crisis, some uniquely Australian events, but big global events – Princess Diana and Prince Charles – come into it. “We’ve also got Helen and Dale interviewing Kylie Minogue when she was 19 about Neighbours and The Locomotion.
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