| Name |
Charles
Philip Arthur George |
| Titles |
Prince
of Wales, KNIGHT OF THE GARTER(KG), KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE (KT),
KNIGHT
GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH (GCB), ORDER OF MERIT (OM),
KNIGHT
OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA (AK), COMPANION
OF THE QUEEN'S SERVICE ORDER (QSO), PRIVY
COUNSELLOR (PC) AIDE-DE-CAMP (ADC),
Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of
Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord
of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of
Scotland. |
| Date
of Birth |
9.14pm
on 14th November, 1948 |
| Birth
Place |
Buckingham
Palace, London (U.K) |
| Baptised
by |
Archbishop
of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, in Buckingham
Palace |
| Height |
5'11" |
| Religion |
Anglican |
| Education |
- Hill House school in west London
- Cheam, the preparatory school at Headley,
near Newbury, Berkshire
- Gordonstoun, the public school on the shores
of the Moray Firth in Scotland.
- B.A.(honours)Trinity College, Cambridge.
- spent a term at the University College of
Wales at Aberystwyth, learning to speak Welsh.
|
| Family |
Father:
Prince
Philip
Mother: Queen
Elizabeth II
Brother: Prince
Andrew
Brother: Prince
Edward
Sister: Princess
Anne
Wife: Late Princess
Diana
Son: Prince
William
Son: Prince
Harry
Girlfriend: Camilla
Parker Bowles (engaged) |
| First
governess |
Catherine
Peebles |
| Ancestry |
*
Grandson of King
George VI and Queen
Elizabeth.
* Great-grandson of King
George V and Queen
Mary.
* Great-great-grandson of King
Edward VII and Queen
Alexandra.
* Great-great-great-grandson of Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert.
* Nephew of Princess
Margaret.
|
| Was
an exchange student |
at
Timbertop, a remote outpost of the Geelong Church
of England Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia. |
| First
appointment |
in
1969 as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of
Wales. He became Colonel of the Welsh Guards in
1975, in succession to The Duke of Edinburgh, and
now holds a number of Service appointments. |
| Military
ranks |
Vice-Admiral
in the Royal Navy, Lieutenant-General in the Army
and Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force. |
| His
Badge consists of |
three
silver feathers rising through a gold coronet of
alternate crosses and fleur-de-lys. The motto "Ich
Dien" (I serve) is on a dark blue ribbon
beneath the coronet.
|
| Banners |
his
Personal Standard, his Standard for Wales and his
Standard for Scotland
|
| Became
heir apparent |
- heir
apparent: at the age of three
- given
the title prince of Wales: at age nine
- formally
invested with the title : at age 20
|
| His
Duties |
*
Undertaking royal duties in support of The Queen
* Working as a charitable entrepreneur
* Promoting and protecting national traditions,
virtues and excellence |
| Areas
of interests |
young
people, the unemployed, the disabled, the elderly,
the problems of the inner cities, education,
medicine, the arts, conservation, national
heritage, environment, architecture and sport. |
| Takes
great interest |
in
the running of the Home Farm at his country home,
Highgrove in Gloucestershire |
| Took
his seat in the House of Lords |
On
11th February, 1970 |
| Is
a |
Qualified
helicopter pilot |
| Favourites |
food:
scrambled eggs
drink: whiskey |
| Was
separated from Princess Diana |
9th
December, 1992 |
| Long
time sweetheart |
Camilla
Parker Bowles |
| Favourite
sports |
plays polo, sometimes hunts,
racing to sailing and aqua-lung diving. Goes skiing every winter.
|
| favourite
skiing spot |
Klosters in Switzerland
|
| Other
interests |
painting watercolours, through
which he raises money for charity, and gardening.
|
| Agriculture |
Promotes
organic farming methods |
| Admitted |
of
Comitting adultery with Camilla when he was still
married to Princess Diana |
| Hong
kong |
represented
The Queen at the handover of Hong Kong in June
1997 to China
|
| Also
dated |
Sarah Spencer
Susan
George
|
| Proposed |
- Lady
Diana Spencer on February
24, 1981,
- Mrs. Camilla
Parker Bowles feb 10. 2005
|
| Married |
An estimated one billion people around the world watched as Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer on July 29, 1981. |
| Divorced |
August
28, 1996, |
| Met
Camilla |
1970 at a polo match and accepted
having an affair with her in 1986
|
| Honeymoon |
At a
Scottish hunting lodge, Birkhall, on the Balmoral
estate beside the River Dee near Aberdeen.
|
| Godfather |
of
Tom Parker Bowles (Camilla' son)
|
| Authored |
- wrote A Vision of Britain (1989),
which became a television documentary.
- humorous little film, produced in Wales for
British & American television called the The Legend of Lochnagar
|
| Rumour |
Edward
VII, Charles's great-great-grandfather, had had a
series of mistresses, including Alice Keppel,
Camilla's great-grandmother |
| Attacked |
Attending
the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Royal
Institute of British Architects in 1984, he attacked modern architecture and its creation of
'giant glass stumps'. |
| Calls
science of Nanotechnology |
a
triumph of human ingenuity |
| Facts |
- The
Prince was four at his mother's Coronation, in
Westminster Abbey on 2nd June, 1953
- the first heir to the throne to sit public
examinations, took his GCE 'O' levels at the
age of 16, passing English language, English
literature, Latin, French and history - and
later mathematics. He took his 'A' levels in
July 1967, getting a B in history and a C in
French, also gaining a distinction in an
optional special paper in history.
- He
is 21st holder of the title Prince of
Wales in 700 years
- Received
the The Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah International
Prize from The Sultan of Brunei.
|
| Charities |
17
core charities: The Prince's Trust, The Prince of
Wales's Charitable Foundation, The Prince of
Wales's Foundation for Integrated Health, The
Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, The
Prince of Wales's Phoenix Trust/Regeneration
Through Heritage, In Kind Direct, The Prince's
Drawing School, The Prince of Wales International
Business Leaders Forum, Duchy Originals, Business
in the Community, Business and the Environment,
Scottish Business in the Community, PRIME-Cymru,
PRIME-England, The Prince's School of Traditional
Arts, The Prince of Wales Foundation US, The
Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust, The Prince
of Wales's Arts & Kids Foundation, Youth
Business International and The Prince of Wales's
Education Summer School. |
| Residence |
Clarence
House in London, the Prince's official residence |
| Quote |
"For
the past years I have been entirely motivated by a
desperate desire to put the 'Great' back in Great
Britain. |
