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.
Weird reason Prince William and Prince Harry's children have different surnames
dailystar.co.ukPrince William’s three children don’t share the same surnames as Prince Harry's offspring and why the latter’s kids don’t have titles?
In normal society, when two brothers both have children, they naturally have the same last name, but they do things rather differently in royal circles, even to the point where surnames change for each generation.
It is probably well known that Harry’s two children, Archie and Lilibet, are Mountbatten-Windsors, but did you know that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have Cambridge as their last name?READ MORE: Five dead and at least 500 people injured as stand collapses during bullfightThey all take the Cambridge name after their father’s title, the Duke of Cambridge.But why aren’t Harry’s children known as Archie Sussex and Lilibet Sussex, given their dad is Duke of Sussex?Well, according to the Royal Family’s official website, a declaration made by the Queen in Privy Council in 1960 said that male-line descendants of the monarch, without royal styles and titles, shall bear the name Mountbatten-Windsor.When Harry and Meghan’s son Archie was born in May 2019, Buckingham Palace announced that the royal tot had not been issued with a title and would be known as Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor – a nod to his great-grandparents, the Queen and the late Duke of Edinburgh.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.William and Harry were actually known as William Wales and Harry Wales at school, university and in their time during the army, as their father Prince Charles, was the Prince of Wales.In their military careers, William was known as Lieutenant Wales, while Harry had the rank of Captain Wales.William and.
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