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 Queen once hid in a bush to avoid a guest who was 'too much for her'
ok.co.ukWe’re finding it hard not to laugh whilst picturing the Queen leaping into a bush to avoid a controversial guest, after a television documentary said that the Monarch once did just that.The royal documentary shows that the Queen is, sometimes, all of us, as it explained that she hid in a bush on the grounds of Buckingham Palace in a bid to avoid Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Nicolae Ceaușescu came to the UK during a controversial state visit in 1978 and royal biographer, Robert Hardman, has now dished details on the Queen taking the decision to hide in a bush during the documentary Our Queen: Inside the Crown on ITV.
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