![]() ![]() Unofficial Royalty: King Charles III of the United Kingdom.Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, and she was tragically killed the following year in a car accident in Paris. The couple had two sons – Prince William, born 1982, and Prince Henry (Harry), born 1984. On July 29, 1981, Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in a lavish wedding held at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. ![]() He was invested as Prince of Wales on July 1, 1969, at Caernarvon Castle in Wales. Charles was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on July 26, 1958. In the Scottish peerage, he became Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. Prince Andrew was born eight years later on February 19, 1960, and Prince Edward was born on March 10, 1964.Īs soon as his mother became Queen, Charles was the heir apparent to the throne and as the monarch’s eldest son became Duke of Cornwall. Her duties as Queen postponed additions to the family. Ill with lung cancer, King George VI died on February 6, 1952, and the 25-year-old Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II. Therefore, Charles’ parents are both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.Ĭharles’ parents added another child to the family, Princess Anne, born on August 15, 1950. Princess Victoria’s mother was Princess Alice, a daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. During World War I, when King George V ordered his family to relinquish their German styles and titles, Prince Louis became Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven. Alice was the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. His mother was Her Serene Highness Princess Alice of Battenberg. Philip’s father was HRH Prince Andrew of Greece, the son of King George I of Greece (formerly Prince William of Denmark) and Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. Elizabeth was the elder daughter and the first of two children of King George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who was the youngest daughter and the ninth of ten children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Charles was the first child of HRH Princess Elizabeth and her husband of one year, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, born HRH Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. HRH Prince Charles Philip Arthur George was born on November 14, 1948, at Buckingham Palace, London. YouTube: Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles: Service of Prayer and Dedication, Part 2.YouTube: Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles: Service of Prayer and Dedication, Part 1.YouTube: Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles: Civil Wedding.George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. The Prince of Wales (later King Charles III) and Camilla Parker Bowles (later Queen Consort Camilla) were married in a civil ceremony on April 9, 2005, at the Windsor Guildhall in Windsor, England followed by a Service of Prayer and Dedication at St. By Susan Flantzer and Scott Mehl © Unofficial Royalty 2017 ![]()
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