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.
Four French Resistance fighters will receive honorary MBEs, Boris Johnson announced tonight as President Emmanuel Macron becomes the first foreign leader to visit the UK since the coronavirus lockdown.
He arrives in London on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of “Gaulle's Appel” – the famous speech given by Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces, from London in 1940.
He addressed the French people from the city after the fall of France – and declared the war for his homeland was not over. De Gaulle's Appeal is widely considered to be the origin of the French Resistance to the German occupation during the Second World War.
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