He advocated for the conservation of historic buildings and the importance of architecture in society. He founded the Prince's Trust in 1976, sponsored the Prince's Charities, and became patron or president of more than 800 other charities and organisations. In 2005, Charles married his long-term partner, Camilla Parker Bowles.Īs heir apparent, Charles undertook official duties and engagements on behalf of his mother. Diana died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash the following year. Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, are their children. After earning a history degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. He was educated at Cheam School and Gordonstoun, and later spent six months at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. He was created Prince of Wales in 1958 and his investiture was held in 1969. Ĭharles was born in Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952.
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.
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