- Born
- Birth nameCharles Philip Arthur George (His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Edinburgh)
- Nicknames
- The Looney Prince
- Charlie
- Fred
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- King Charles III was born November 14, 1948. His first military services appointment was in 1969. His favorite food is scrambled eggs and he likes to drink whisky. He enjoys going to Scotland, UK; Klosters, Switzerland; and the Eleuthra in the Caribbean. He enjoys hunting, shooting, fishing, polo, skiing, painting, writing and reading.
On February 24, 1981 the engagement of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer was announced at Buckingham Palace. On July 29, 1981 Charles married Princess Diana. The fairy-tale wedding took place at St. Paul's Cathedral. Eleven months later on June 21, 1982 Prince William of Wales was born. William is second in line for the throne after his father. Two years later their second son Prince Harry was born September 15, 1984. Diana said that during the months before was his birth, she and Charles were closer than they ever had been before, but after the birth of Harry the marriage went badly wrong. On August 28, 1996 the fairy-tale marriage came to an end: Charles and Diana divorced. A year later, on August 31, 1997, Diana died in a car crash.
Charles now is married to his long-time love, Queen Camilla.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Lexie <[email protected]> - Prince Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor was born on November 14, 1948, almost a year after his parents' marriage. His mother was Princess Elizabeth, who later became Queen Elizabeth II and his father was Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His sister Anne was born in 1950 and later, in the 1960s, came the births of brothers Andrew and Edward. Charles was educated at home in Buckingham Palace and then went to several different schools, including Gordonstoun, which his father attended.
In 1968, he graduated college, becoming the first heir to the British throne to graduate college. Later that year he was formally invested as Prince of Wales, a title he received in 1957. He dated many women, two of whom are Camilla Shand (later known as Camilla Parker-Bowles), and Sarah Spencer, the sister of his future wife.
He and Diana met in 1977 at a hunt at her father's estate. In 1981, they became engaged and were married. On June 21, 1982, son William Arthur Philip Louis was born, followed on September 15, 1984, by Henry Charles Albert David ("Harry"). Charles and Diana grew apart and in 1992, amid rumors of affairs on both parties, they separated and in 1996, they were divorced. In 1997, Diana died in a car crash and afterward, Charles made an effort to spend as much time possible with his sons. He took Harry with him to see Spice World in Africa shortly afterward.
After the death of Princess Diana, Charles and Queen Camilla cooled their romance down a bit. Several years afterward, William and Harry were formally introduced to her. In 2003, Charles and Camilla moved into the Palace that once belonged to his grandmother. They were to be married on April 8, 2005, but because of the funeral of Pope John Paul II, they were married the next day instead. Shortly after their marriage, they made a journey to the U.S. and afterward lived relatively quietly in England.- IMDb Mini Biography By: CR
- SpousesQueen Camilla(April 9, 2005 - present)Princess Diana(July 29, 1981 - August 28, 1996) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesPrincess Charlotte of Wales(Grandchild)Prince Louis of Wales(Grandchild)Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark(Grandparent)Princess Alice of Battenberg(Grandparent)Princess Anne(Sibling)Prince Andrew(Sibling)Prince Edward(Sibling)King George VI(Grandparent)Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother(Grandparent)King George V(Great Grandparent)Queen Mary(Great Grandparent)David Armstrong-Jones(Cousin)Sarah Armstrong-Jones(Cousin)Princess Beatrice(Niece or Nephew)Princess Eugenie(Niece or Nephew)Lady Louise Windsor(Niece or Nephew)James Earl of Wessex(Niece or Nephew)Peter Phillips(Niece or Nephew)Zara Tindall(Niece or Nephew)King George of Greece(Great Grandparent)Queen Olga(Great Grandparent)Prince Louis of Battenberg(Great Grandparent)Victoria Mountbatten(Great Grandparent)Prince George of Wales(Grandchild)Princess Margaret(Aunt or Uncle)Rainer Prinz von Hessen(Cousin)Isla Elizabeth Philips(Niece or Nephew)Lena Elizabeth Tindall(Niece or Nephew)Lucas Philip Tindall(Niece or Nephew)Sienna Elizabeth Mozzi(Niece or Nephew)August Philip Brooksbank(Niece or Nephew)Savannah Phillips(Niece or Nephew)Mia Tindall(Niece or Nephew)Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor(Grandchild)Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor(Grandchild)
- He first met Barbra Streisand in 1974 and the two were close friends for decades. Streisand has also said Charles used to send her flowers (before his marriage to Diana), and once joked, "If I had played my cards right, I could have been the first Jewish princess.".
- Son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Nephew of Princess Margaret. Brother of Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Grandson of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Great-grandson of King George V and Queen Mary. Great-great-grandson (2x great) of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Great-great-great-grandson (3x great) of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and Christian IX, King of Denmark.
- Whilst on a ski slope, he said some rude things about the press, about how he couldn't bear them; he was caught unknowingly on microphone.
- Charles' nickname for Prince William of Wales as a boy was "my little wombat".
- He is president of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- It seems to me that music is a fascinating phenomenon because, on the one hand, it is a truly universal language that knows no barriers of origin, creed or circumstance, and therefore has the capacity to engage us all. On the other, its expression and enjoyment is entirely personal, and so often the memory of a particular piece of music is bound up with an event in our lives.
- [on environmental issues, 2013] I don't want to be confronted by my future grandchild and have them say, 'Why didn't you do something?' It makes it ever more obvious to try and make sure we leave them something that isn't a total poisoned chalice.
- The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.
- We would never comment on private correspondence.
- Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it.
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