Charles George

Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is a member of the British royal family. He is the elder son of Queen Elizabeth II and late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. is the heir apparent to the British throne.

Prince Charles became a big brother to Anne, Princess Royal (b.1950),Prince Andrew, Duke of York (b.1960) and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (b.1964)

In 1981, Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer. The couple have two children:Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (b.1982) and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (b.1984)

Charles's marriage to Diana, however, suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital affairs. They separated in 1992, soon after the breakdown of their relationship became public knowledge. The details of their marital difficulties became increasingly publicised, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1996.

In 2005, Charles married long-time partner Camilla Parker Bowles.

Birth
Carlos was born at 9:14 pm on November 14, 1948 at Buckingham Palace, the first son of the then Princess Isabel, Duchess of Edinburgh, and her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and also the first grandson of King George VI of the United Kingdom and of Queen Isabel Bowes-Lyon. He was baptized by Geoffrey Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on December 15 using water taken from the Jordan River. His godparents were his maternal grandfather the king, his cousin King Haakon VII of Norway (represented by Alexandre Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone), his maternal great-grandmother Queen Mary of Teck, his maternal aunt Princess Margaret, his paternal great-uncle Prince Jorge of Greece and Denmark (represented by Philip), his paternal great-grandmother Vitória Mountbatten, Widow Marquise de Milforn Haven; his cousin Patricia Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne; and his maternal great-uncle David Bowes-Lyon. Carlos would not normally have received the title of prince and the style of His Royal Highness because he was descended from the sovereign through the female lineage, instead he would take on courtesy the secondary title of his father, Count of Merioneth. However, the king issued patent letters on October 22, 1948 granting royal styles and titles to all the sons of Elizabeth and Philip, making Carlos a member of the royal family since his birth.

Education
After starting his studies at Buckinghan Palace in 1956, Prince Charles studied at London's Hill House School. In 1958 he joined the Cheam School in Hampshire as an intern.

While at Cheam, he received the title of Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester from the Queen. In 1962 he started his first period at Gordonstourn, in Elgin, Scotland, where his father also studied.

In 1966 he did an exchange at the Geeolong Grammar School, in Melbourne, Australia. In 1967 he entered Cambridge Trinity College where he studied Archeology, Anthropology and History, completing his degree in 1971.

Prince Charles spent a semester at University College in Wales, where he learned Welsh. Between 1971 and 1976 he attended the Royal Naval College Dartmouth.

Marrige and divorce
As heir to the throne of England, Prince Charles should choose a young woman from an impeccable past for his wife. After several novels, the chosen one was Lady Diana Frances Spencer, daughter of 8th Count Spencer and Frances Ruth Burker, daughter of the 4th Baron of Ferny. The courtship started when Diana was 19 and lived in London, where she worked as a teacher in a kindergarten. Charles and Diana's engagement was announced on February 24, 1981. On July 29, 1981, Charles married Lady Diana, in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in a sumptuous ceremony for 3,500 guests, broadcast live on television

In the late 1980s, rumors began in the press about Charles' infidelity and a possible separation from the couple, which was confirmed on December 9, 1992. Diana remained residing at Kensington Palace, continued to carry out her public activities related to charitable works and shared custody of her children with her ex-husband. Charles and Diana divorced on August 28, 1996. Diana lost the treatment of Royal Highness and became the Princess of Wales. On the night of August 31, 1997, Princess Diana, accompanied by her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed and searched for by paparazzi, suffered a serious car accident in Paris, which took both their lives.

Marrige with Camila
On April 9, 2005, Prince Charles married in a civil ceremony at the Guildhall Windson, with Camilla Parker Bowles (1947), with whom he had been in a relationship since 1994. The couple also receives a religious blessing in the Chapel of São Jorge. Being divorced, Camila received the title of Duchess of Cornwall.

Titles

 * November 14, 1948 - February 6, 1952: "Your Royal Highness, Prince Charles of Edinburgh"
 * February 6, 1952 - present: "His Royal Highness, Duke of Cornwall"
 * July 28, 1958 - present: "His Royal Highness, Prince of Wales"