
The
Prince Charles,
Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George, born 14 November
1948), is the eldest son of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh. He has held the title of Prince of Wales
since 1958, the Duke of Rothesay, the Duke of Cornwall and
the Prince Charles of Edinburgh. He first attended Hill
House School in West London, and later the Cheam Preparatory
School in Berkshire, which the Duke of Edinburgh had also
attended. The Prince finished his education at Gordonstoun,
a private boarding school in the north east of Scotland.
Charles attended university at Trinity College, Cambridge;
for one term he also attended the Old College, part of the
University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he studied the Welsh
language and Welsh history.On 29 July 1981, the Prince got
married at St Paul's Cathedral to Diana Spencer (daughter
of Edward John Spencer) before 3,500 invited guests and
an estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million
people.The marriage of The Prince and Princess of Wales
formally ended in divorce on 28 August 1996. It had produced
two sons, Prince William of Wales, and Prince Henry of Wales,
who is known as Harry.Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed
in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. Charles announced
the second marriage in 2005 held with a civil ceremony at
Windsor Castle, with a subsequent religious blessing at
the castle's St George's Chapel.
The
Prince of Wales has a lot of interests and activities.He
is President of eighteen charities, sixteen of which he
personally founded; he is also Patron of over 350 other
charities. The Prince has long been known to be interested
in greater exploration of alternative medicine so-called
"complementary therapies" and he grows and promotes
organic food; it's important to remember his interests in
the achitecture and art (Charles is a watercolour artist).
The Prince is known to have a keen interest in cars, particularly
the British marque Aston Martin.
Peculiarity:
He’s a left-hander.
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