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Prince Charles is held up by his father, Prince Philip, in 1949. Photograph: PA 3. At his christening, Charles was doused with water from the River Jordan. In 2021, when Charles visited the supposed site of Jesus’s baptism on the banks of the river, he was given vials of the water for use in future royal christenings. 4. When Charles was one, the Queen and Prince Philip 5. Charles’s first word was said to be “nana”, addressed to his nanny, Mabel Anderson. 6. Seventy-one years ago, when his grandfather died and his mother became queen, Charles became heir apparent at the age of three. He held that title for 70 years – longer than anyone else. 7. As male heir, Charles began receiving the equivalent of £209,000 from his estate. Since then, he and the Queen received payments equivalent to more than £1bn from the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, which run portfolios of land across England, 8. When Winston Churchill met him shortly before his fourth birthday, Catherine Peebles, Charles’s governess, 9. After a six-month separation from the Queen and Philip on a royal tour in 1954, Charles and his younger sister Anne 10. Prince Charles in the summer of 1956. Photograph: PA 11. Charles was the first future monarch to be sent to school rather than being educated by private tutors. He was dispatched to Cheam school to board at the age of eight, where 12. He was said to have little aptitude for sport, but in his last year 13. Charles was then sent to Gordonstoun school, where, at ag...

How Will King Charles' Coronation Compare to Queen Elizabeth's in 1953? King Charles' ceremony will be more modest than his mother's crowning. An estimated 2,000 guests will pour into Westminster Abbey's pews on May 6, while 8,251 people attended Elizabeth's. And the service has been cut down to 60 minutes — a third of the Queen's three-hour coronation in 1953. Charles will also introduce more modern elements. The King's Robe of State is made of crimson velvet and was worn by King George VI, King Charles' grandfather, at his 1937 coronation. For his second robe of the coronation service, King Charles will change into the King's Robe of Estate, made of purple silk velvet embroidered in gold. It too was worn by King George VI in 1937. Will Prince Andrew Attend Brother King Charles' Coronation? Prince Andrew, 63, who stepped back from royal duties over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is being forced in part by Charles to move out of his home in Windsor, Royal Lodge. However, Andrew was invited by his brother to King Charles. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty On May 6, the King's Procession will start at Buckingham Palace and make its way to Westminster Abbey for the coronation. Following the service, King Charles and Queen Camilla will be joined by members of the royal family for the larger Coronation Procession back to Buckingham Palace, where they will all appear on the iconic balcony. The following day, the Coronation Concert will be broadcast live from Windsor Ca...

Jump to: • • • • • • • • • • • 1948-present Who Is King Charles III? As the oldest son of Under public scrutiny his entire life, Charles graduated from Trinity College before embarking on a military career which culminated with him commanding the HMS Bronington. He married Quick Facts FULL NAME: Charles Philip Arthur George BORN: November 14, 1948 BIRTHPLACE: London, England, United Kingdom PARENTS: SPOUSES: CHILDREN: ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio Early Life, Siblings and Education King Charles III was born Charles Philip Arthur George on November 14, 1948, in London, England. The son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Charles ascended the royal hierarchy at an early age. His mother became queen when he was only three after the death of his grandfather Related Stories • 30 Photos of a Young King Charles III • 19 Books About the Royal Family In 1956, Charles went to the Hill House School in London before heading off to boarding school at the Cheam School the following year. In addition to his education, he had increased responsibilities as he was made the Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester at the age of nine. Beginning in 1962, Charles changed schools again to go to Gordonstoun in Scotland. Later in the decade he also studied in Melbourne, Australia as an exchange student. Charles then studied archaeology, anthropology and history at Trinity College, part of the University of Cambridge, from 1967 to 1970. In addition to his studies, he was active in campus life, involvi...

Friends of A friend of the king said: “The idea that Charles is going to use building works as some underhand pretext to get Andrew out and then lock the doors is about as ill-informed as earlier speculation he was going to cut off the electricity. That’s simply not how he operates.” The friend pointed out that Asked if this meant Andrew was going to be asked to leave Royal Lodge in a similar way and given a similar deal, the friend dodged the question, saying: “It’s a very expensive place to live and Andrew doesn’t have a significant source of income, so ultimately he will probably have to move out.” The friend said they did not know if The guessing games about Andrew’s tenure at Royal Lodge have re-erupted after a report in the Daily Mail, by the paper’s respected royal correspondent Rebecca English, claimed that Andrew was refusing to move out of Royal Lodge even temporarily during building work, which he himself commissioned, A source told the Daily Mail that: “It’s become farcical. Andrew has roof repairs scheduled later this summer, which will take several months to complete and has been advised that staying in the house during those renovations could prove problematic. But he is reluctant to leave.” However a source in Andrew’s camp recently told The Times that he has no intention of quitting Royal Lodge, and believes he is on a sound legal footing because he has a formal lease with the Crown Estate for the property. The Times: “This is a lease between him and the C...