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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George;[fn 1 born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. Since 1958, his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of RothesayHe is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. Until 22 April 2011, Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward had been the longest serving heir apparent, for a period of 59 years 74 days. However, Prince Edward became heir apparent on his birth, 4 years into his mother's (Queen Victoria) reign, whereas Prince Charles was three years old at his mother's ascension and thus has been heir apparent for all of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

Charles was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun Schools, which his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, had attended as a child, as well as the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia, situated near Mansfield in the rugged Victorian Alps. After earning a bachelor of arts degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, Charles served a tour of duty with the Royal Navy in 1971–76. He married Lady Diana Spencer before an enormous worldwide television audience in 1981. They had two sons, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge in 1982 and Prince Harry of Wales in 1984. The couple separated in 1992 following tabloid allegations concerning their relationship. They divorced in 1996 after Diana publicly accused Charles of having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, and Charles admitted adultery on television. Diana died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. In 2005, after a lengthy continued association, the Prince married Camilla, who uses the title Duchess of Cornwall.

The prince is well-known for his charity work and sponsors The Prince's Trust, The Prince's Regeneration Trust, and the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, among other charities. He has been outspoken concerning architecture and the conservation of old buildings and has produced a book on the subject called A Vision of Britain (1989). He has also promoted herbal and other alternative medical treatment.
* 1 Early life
* 2 Youth
o 2.1 Education
o 2.2 Created Prince of Wales
o 2.3 Military training and career
* 3 Early romances
* 4 First marriage
o 4.1 Engagement and wedding to Diana
o 4.2 Separation and divorce
* 5 Second marriage
o 5.1 Engagement and wedding to Camilla
+ 5.1.1 Act of Penitence
+ 5.1.2 Legality of civil wedding
* 6 Personal interests
o 6.1 The built environment
o 6.2 The natural environment
o 6.3 Philosophies and religious beliefs
o 6.4 Alternative medicine
o 6.5 Humanitarian issues
o 6.6 Hobbies and sports
* 7 Official duties
* 8 Media
* 9 Residences
* 10 Titles, styles, honours and arms
o 10.1 Titles and styles
o 10.2 Honours and honorary military appointments
o 10.3 Arms
* 11 Ancestry
* 12 Issue
* 13 See also
* 14 Notes
* 15 References
* 16 Bibliography
* 17 External links
* HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
o HRH The Duke of Cambridge
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
o HRH Prince Harry of Wales
* HRH The Duke of York
o HRH Princess Beatrice of York
o HRH Princess Eugenie of York
* HRH The Earl of Wessex
HRH The Countess of Wessex
o Viscount Severn
o Lady Louise Windsor
* HRH The Princess Royal

* HRH The Duke of Gloucester
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
* HRH The Duke of Kent
HRH The Duchess of Kent
* HRH Prince Michael of Kent
HRH Princess Michael of Kent
* HRH Princess Alexandra

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Charles was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948, the first child of then Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Baptised in the palace's Music Room on 15 December 1948, using water from the River Jordan, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, the Prince's godparents were: the King (his maternal grandfather); the King of Norway (his cousin, for whom the Earl of Athlone stood proxy); Queen Mary (his maternal great-grandmother); the Princess Margaret (his maternal aunt); Prince George of Greece (his paternal granduncle, for whom the Duke of Edinburgh stood proxy); the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven (his paternal great-grandmother); the Lady Brabourne (his cousin); and the Hon David Bowes-Lyon (his maternal great-uncle). By letters patent of Charles' great-grandfather, King George V, the titles of a British prince or princess, and the style Royal Highness, were only to be conferred on male-line children and grandchildren of the sovereign, as well as the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales. However, on 22 October 1948, George VI issued new letters patent granting these honours to any children of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip; otherwise, Charles would have merely taken his father's title, and been titled by courtesy as Earl of Merioneth. In this way, the children of the heiress presumptive had a royal and princely status.

When Charles was three, his mother's accession as Queen Elizabeth II, immediately made him the heir apparent to the then seven countries over which she now reigned. He was ipso facto elevated to the rank of Duke of Cornwall (by a charter of King Edward III that gave said title to the sovereign's eldest son), and, in the Scottish peerage, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. Though he moved to first in line to the throne in the United Kingdom order of precedence he is third, after his parents, and is typically fourth or fifth in other realms' precedence orders, following his mother, the relevant vice-regal representative(s), and his father. Charles attended his mother's coronation at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953, seated alongside his grandmother and aunt. As is customary for royal offspring, a governess, Catherine Peebles, was appointed and undertook his education between the ages of 5 and 8. Buckingham Palace announced in 1955 that Charles would attend school rather than have a private tutor, making him the first heir apparent ever to be educated in that manner

Prince Charles

Camilla.Parker-Prince.Charles

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla Rosemary; née Shand, previously Parker Bowles; born 17 July 1947) is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and is the current holder of the titles Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay and Countess of Chester. Although Camilla automatically became the Princess of Wales upon her marriage to Prince Charles, she prefers to be known by the lesser title of Duchess of Cornwall, avoiding confusion with the Prince of Wales’s first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. She uses this title everywhere except Scotland, where she is styled Duchess of Rothesay.

* 1 Early life and first marriage
o 1.1 Relationship with the Prince of Wales
o 1.2 Second engagement and marriage
* 2 Duchess of Cornwall
o 2.1 Royal duties
* 3 Titles, styles, honours and arms; Charities and patronages
o 3.1 Titles and styles
o 3.2 Honours
+ 3.2.1 Honorary military appointments
o 3.3 Arms
* 4 Children
* 5 Ancestry
* 6 References
* 7 Bibliography
* 8 External links

Born at King's College Hospital, London on 17 July 1947, Camilla was raised opposite the Plumpton Racecourse, East Sussex by her parents, Major Bruce Shand (1917–2006) (a British Army officer turned wine merchant, as well as prisoner of war in World War II and recipient of the Military Cross and Bar) and The Honourable Rosalind Cubitt (1921–1994 eldest child of Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe): her siblings are Mark and Annabel. She was christened on 1 November 1947 at Firle Church, Sussex, and her godparents were the Hon Harry Cubitt (her maternal uncle), Major Neil Speke, Mrs Heathcoat Amory, Mrs Lombard Hobson, and Miss Vivien Mosley Camilla attended Dumbrells School in Sussex, as well as Queen's Gate School in Kensington. She subsequently attended the Mon Fertile finishing school in Switzerland and studied at the Institut Britannique in Paris. Following her education, she worked for a year at the offices of designers Sybil Colefax and John Fowler. She also became an avid equestrienne and participated in fox hunting.

On 4 July 1973, Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles, at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London, their bridesmaids including Parker Bowles' goddaughter Lady Emma Herbert. The couple had two children: Tom, born in the year after the marriage, who is a godson of Prince Charles, and Laura, born in 1978; both Parker Bowles children were raised in their father's Roman Catholic faith, although both were married in the Church of England. Andrew Parker Bowles initiated divorce proceedings against Camilla following the admission by the Prince of Wales that he had conducted a long-term extramarital affair with Camilla; the couple's divorce was finalised on 3 March 1995.

Camilla's maternal great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, formerly Alice Frederica Edmonstone, was the mistress of King Edward VII from 1898 to 1910.

United Kingdom and the
other Commonwealth realms
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HM The Queen
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

* HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
o HRH The Duke of Cambridge
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
o HRH Prince Harry of Wales
* HRH The Duke of York
o HRH Princess Beatrice of York
o HRH Princess Eugenie of York
* HRH The Earl of Wessex
HRH The Countess of Wessex
o Viscount Severn
o Lady Louise Windsor
* HRH The Princess Royal

* HRH The Duke of Gloucester
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
* HRH The Duke of Kent
HRH The Duchess of Kent
* HRH Prince Michael of Kent
HRH Princess Michael of Kent
* HRH Princess Alexandra

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The relationship between Camilla and Prince Charles began when they met at a polo match in 1970. Though she became one of the numerous girlfriends of Charles, and he was said to have wanted to marry her, Camilla was seen by royal courtiers as an unsuitable match for the future king. Robert Lacey wrote in his 2002 book, Royal: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, that Charles had met Camilla too early, and that he had not asked her to wait for him when he went overseas for military duties in 1972. Reliable published reports indicate that they renewed their romantic relationship in the 1980s

The affair became public knowledge a decade later, with the publication of Diana: Her True Story, followed by the Camillagate, the Homewrecker scandal, wherein an intimate telephone conversation between Camilla and Charles was secretly recorded and the transcripts published in the tabloids. With the extra-marital relationship in the open, Diana gave an interview on the BBC programme Panorama, in which she blamed the relationship between Camilla, whom she privately referred to as "the Rottweiler and the Prince of Wales as the reason for the break up of her own marriage, saying: "Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. Though Camilla kept a low profile at this time, she became unpopular by these revelations It was confirmed by Charles in a televised interview with Jonathan Dimbleby that the relationship between him and Camilla resumed during their respective marriages. Following this, the Parker Bowles announced their own divorce in 1995; they had been living apart for some time, and a year later Andrew Parker Bowles married Rosemary Pitman.

Camilla occasionally became Charles' unofficial companion at events. This temporarily ceased at the time of Diana's death, but Camilla and Charles were photographed in public together in 1999. Though she maintained her residence in Wiltshire, Camilla then moved into Charles' household in 2003, resulting in decorative changes to both homes, though Buckingham Palace was explicit in pointing out that public funds had not been used for the renovations. In 2005, the media reported that Charles had also bought Camilla jewellery and a designer wardrobe. As the future Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the prospect of Charles marrying a divorcée was seen as controversial. Opinion—of both the public and the church—shifted, though, to a point where civil marriage was seen as an agreeable solution.[citation needed]

Prince Charles

Camilla Parker

Royal Wed Prince William & Kate Middleton

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and third eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh He is second in the line of succession, behind his father, to the thrones of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Consequently, he is also second in line, again behind his father, to the position of Head of the Commonwealth (figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations) and, in England only, Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

He was educated at four schools in the United Kingdom and obtained a degree from the University of St Andrews. He spent parts of a gap year in Chile, Belize, and countries in Africa. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry—serving with his brother Prince Harryand, two years later, earned his wings by completing pilot training at Royal Air Force College Cranwell. In 2009, the Prince transferred to the Royal Air Force, was promoted to flight lieutenant and underwent helicopter flying training in order to become a full time pilot with the Search and Rescue Force. In Autumn 2010, he completed his general and special-to-type helicopter training and he is now at RAF Valley on No. 22 Squadron performing co-pilot duties on board a Sea King search and rescue helicopter. Prince William married his long-term girlfriend, the former Catherine Middleton, on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey Hours prior to his wedding, Prince William was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus
* 1 Early life
* 2 Education
* 3 Royal duties and career
o 3.1 Military career
o 3.2 Royal duties
* 4 Personal interests
o 4.1 Humanitarian and environmental causes
o 4.2 Sports
* 5 Relationship with Catherine Middleton
o 5.1 Engagement and wedding
* 6 Titles, styles, honours and arms
o 6.1 Titles and styles
+ 6.1.1 Military ranks
o 6.2 Honours
+ 6.2.1 Honorary military appointments
o 6.3 Arms
* 7 Ancestry
* 8 See also
* 9 Notes
* 10 References
* 11 External links

HM The Queen
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

* HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
o HRH The Duke of Cambridge
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
o HRH Prince Harry of Wales
* HRH The Duke of York
o HRH Princess Beatrice of York
o HRH Princess Eugenie of York
* HRH The Earl of Wessex
HRH The Countess of Wessex
o Viscount Severn
o Lady Louise Windsor
* HRH The Princess Royal

* HRH The Duke of Gloucester
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
* HRH The Duke of Kent
HRH The Duchess of Kent
* HRH Prince Michael of Kent
HRH Princess Michael of Kent
* HRH Princess Alexandra

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Prince William was born at St Mary's Hospital, London on 21 June 1982. He was baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on 4 August 1982 (the 82nd birthday of his paternal great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie. William's godparents are: former King Constantine II of Greece (his paternal cousin); Princess Alexandra, The Hon Mrs Angus Ogilvy (his paternal cousin); the Duchess of Westminster; the Lady Susan Hussey; Lord Romsey (his paternal cousin); and Sir Laurens van der Post

As a male-line grandchild of the sovereign and son of the Prince of Wales, William was styled 'His Royal Highness' 'Prince William of Wales', though he was affectionately called 'Wombat' by his parents or 'Wills' (the latter a name coined by the press by which he is still known by the general public) It was reported that, at age seven, the Prince said to his mother that he desired to be a police officer when he was older, so that he might be able to protect her; a statement to which his brother responded: "Oh, no you can't. You've got to be King. William's first public appearance was on 1 March 1991 (Saint David's Day), during an official visit of his parents to Cardiff, Wales. After arriving by aeroplane, the Prince was taken to Llandaff Cathedral, where he signed the visitors' book, thereby demonstrating that he was left-handed. On 3 June 1991, William was admitted to Royal Berkshire Hospital after having been hit on the side of the forehead by a fellow student wielding a golf club. The Prince did not lose consciousness, but did suffer a depressed fracture of the skull and was operated on at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, resulting in a permanent scar

William's mother desired her two sons should have wider experiences than are usual for royal children. Diana took William and his brother to Walt Disney World and McDonald's; in addition they visited AIDS clinics and shelters for the homeless. She also bought them things typical teenagers used, such as video games.Diana, Princess of Wales, who was by then divorced from the Prince of Wales, died in a car accident in 1997. William, along with his brother and father, was staying at Balmoral Castle at the time, and the Prince of Wales waited until early the following morning to tell his sons about their mother's death At his mother's funeral, William accompanied his father, brother, paternal grandfather, and maternal uncle in walking behind the funeral cortège from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.

Prince William

Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David;

Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984), commonly known as Prince Harry is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As such, he is third in the line of succession (behind his father and elder brother) to the thrones of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Consequently, he is also third in line, again behind his father and elder brother, to the position Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

After an education at various schools around the United Kingdom and spending parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho, Harry, unlike his elder brother, Prince William, eschewed a university education in favour of following in the footsteps of various royal men by enrolling in the military. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry Regiment—serving temporarily with his brother—and completed his training as a tank commander. He served for 77 days on the front line in the Afghan War although he was pulled out following publication of the story in an Australian magazine.
* 1 Early life
* 2 Education
* 3 Royal duties and career
o 3.1 Military career
o 3.2 Royal duties
* 4 Personal life and relationships
* 5 Titles, styles, honours, arms
o 5.1 Titles and styles
+ 5.1.1 Military ranks
o 5.2 Honours
+ 5.2.1 Honorary military appointments
o 5.3 Arms
* 6 Ancestry
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 External links

* HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
o HRH The Duke of Cambridge
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
o HRH Prince Harry of Wales
* HRH The Duke of York
o HRH Princess Beatrice of York
o HRH Princess Eugenie of York
* HRH The Earl of Wessex
HRH The Countess of Wessex
o Viscount Severn
o Lady Louise Windsor
* HRH The Princess Royal

* HRH The Duke of Gloucester
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
* HRH The Duke of Kent
HRH The Duchess of Kent
* HRH Prince Michael of Kent
HRH Princess Michael of Kent
* HRH Princess Alexandra

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Harry was born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, England, on 15 September 1984, weighing 6 lb 15oz. He was baptised at St George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, by then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie. Harry's godparents were Prince Andrew (his paternal uncle); Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (his paternal cousin); Lady Vestey; Mrs. William Bartholomew; Bryan Organ; and Gerald Ward

Persistent suggestions, based on a similarity of hair colour, have been made that Harry's father is not Charles but James Hewitt, with whom Diana had an affair. However, red hair is known to be a Spencer family trait, and Hewitt stated to the press in 2002 that Harry had already been born by the time his affair with Diana began, a statement corroborated by Diana's police

Diana wanted William and Harry to have a broader range of experiences than previous royal children and took both to venues that ranged from Disney World and McDonald's to AIDS clinics and shelters for the homeless.Diana, Princess of Wales, who was by then divorced from the Prince of Wales, died in a car accident in 1997. Harry, his brother and their father were staying at Balmoral Castle at the time, and the Prince of Wales waited until early the following morning to tell his sons about their mother's death At his mother's funeral, Harry accompanied his father, brother, paternal grandfather, and maternal uncle in walking behind the funeral cortège from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey
Education

Like his father and elder brother, Harry was educated at public schools, starting at Jane Mynors' nursery schooland the pre-preparatory Wetherby School, both in London. Following this, he attended Ludgrove School, and, after passing the entrance exams, was admitted to Eton College, where he studied geography, art history, and art at A-Level. The decision to place Harry in Eton went against the family tradition of sending royal children to Gordonstoun (Harry's grandfather, father, two uncles, and two cousins all attended); it did, however, make the Prince follow in the Spencer family footsteps, as both Diana's father and brother had attended EtonIn June 2003, he completed his education at Eton with two A-Levels, obtaining a B in art, and a D in geography having decided to drop history of art after AS level He excelled in sports, however, developing his love for sports, particularly polo and rugby union