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 acting opposite Emma Corrin, 26, who played the late Princess Diana.The Midsomer Murders actress spoke about how the series was still a dramatised version of the royal family’s lives in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.Annette played Doctor Margaret Heagarty in a season 4 episode of The Crown entitled War.
The episode shows Prince Charles growing more determined to separate from Princess Diana as their marriage unravels.One of the most pivotal scenes in War is when Diana (Emma Corrin) goes to visit the paediatric AIDS unit of Harlem Hospital, where she hugs a 7-year-old boy with AIDS and substantially changes the public attitude towards the illness.
While this moment also played out in real life, Annette, who acted as the director of paediatrics in the episode, pointed out that not everything you see in The Crown is an accurate depiction of reality.
When asked if she ever worried people would think The Crown is completely true to life, she replied: “Yes, I do.“But it is a drama.
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