Charles III
| Charles III | |||||
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| Head of the Commonwealth | |||||
.jpg) Charles III in 2023 | |||||
| King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms | |||||
| Reign | 8 September 2022 – present | ||||
| Coronation | 6 May 2023 | ||||
| Predecessor | Elizabeth II | ||||
| Successor | William, Prince of Wales | ||||
| Born | Prince Charles of Edinburgh 14 November 1948 Buckingham Palace, London, England | ||||
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| House | Windsor | ||||
| Father | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | ||||
| Mother | Elizabeth II | ||||
Biography
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms since 2022; Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
Charles 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. He was created Prince of Wales in 1958 and Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales, his investiture was held in 1969. He was educated at Cheam School and Gordonstoun, and later spent six months at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After completing a history degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, Wedding of Prince Charles and he married Lady Diana Spencer. They had two sons, William and Harry. Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. Death of Diana, Diana died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash the following year. In 2005, Charles married his long-term partner, Camilla Parker Bowles.
As heir apparent, Charles undertook official duties and engagements on behalf of his mother and represented the United Kingdom on visits abroad. 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. He advocated for the conservation of historic buildings and the importance of traditional architecture in society. In that vein, he generated the experimental new town of Poundbury. An environmentalist, Charles supported organic farming and action to prevent climate change during his time as the manager of the Duchy of Cornwall estates, earning him awards and recognition as well as criticism; he is also a prominent critic of the adoption of genetically modified food, while his support for alternative medicine has been criticised. He has authored or co-authored 17 books.
Charles became king upon Death and state funeral of his mother's death in 2022. At the age of 73, he was the oldest person to accede to the British throne, after having been the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales in British history.
Film (likes)
Miscellaneous
TV (likes)
Miscellaneous
- The Night Manager[1]
Music (likes)
His Majesty King Charles III’s Playlist (2025)
- Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
- The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
- The Very Thought of You - Al Bowlly
- La Vie En Rose - Grace Jones
- Love Me Again - Raye
- Mpempem Do Me - Daddy Lumba
- Kante - Davido (ft. Fave)
- The Click Song - Miriam Makeba
- My Country Man - Jools Holland & Ruby Turner
- Indian Summer - Anoushka Shankar
- Anta Permana - Siti Nurhaliza
- E Te Iwi E (Call to the People) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
- Haven’t Met You Yet - Michael Bublé
- Hot Hot Hot - Arrow
- Crazy in Love - Beyoncé (ft. Jay Z)
- Upside Down - Diana Ross [3]
NHS Thank You Day Playlist (2021)
- Givin' Up, Givin' In - The Three Degrees
- Don't Rain On My Parade - Barbra Streisand
- La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
- Upside Down - Diana Ross
- The Voice - Eimear Quinn
- The Click Song - Miriam Makeba
- You're A Lady - Peter Skellern
- La Mer - Charles Trenet
- Bennachie - Old Blind Dogs
- Lulu's Back In Town - Dick Powell
- They Can't Take That Away From Me - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
- Tydi a Roddaist - Bryn Terfel
- Tros Y Garreg/Crossing the Stone - Catrin Finch [4]
BBC's Private Passions (2018)
- Leonard Cohen (general) [5]
The Prince and the Composer (2011)
- Sir Hubert Parry (general)
- Wagner (general)
- Bach (general) [6]
Literature (likes)
Miscellaneous
- Travels with Myself and Another – Five Journeys from Hell" - Martha Gellhorn
- Napoleon - Adam Zamoyski
- The Battle of the Atlantic - Jonathan Dimbleby
- Along the Enchanted Way - William Blacker
- Lustru - Robert Harris[7]
Art & Architecture (likes)
Buckingham Palace 70th birthday Display (2018)
- The Adoration of the Shepherds - Jacopo Bassano
- The Tribuna of the Uffizi - Johan Joseph Zoffany
- Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: Study for "Windsor Castle in Modern Times" - Sir Edwin Landseer [8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blott, Unity (2018-12-06). "When Charles met Hollywood royalty! Prince of Wales tells Tom Hiddleston he enjoyed The Night Manager 'very much' and says Pink Panther 'always raises my spirits' during visit to the BFI". Mail Online. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ↑ Rayner, Gordon (2012-03-15). "Duchess of Cornwall: Wallace and Gromit are Prince Charles's 'favourite people in the world'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ↑ Olivia, Emily (2025-03-10). "Here Is Every Song On The King's Playlist". Country and Townhouse. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "Prince Charles reveals favourite songs in radio show to thank volunteers". BBC News. 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ↑ Brown, Mark (2018-11-26). "Prince Charles: I find Leonard Cohen's music very moving". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ↑ The Prince and the Composer. BBC. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ↑ Chandler, Mark (2021-07-28). "Prince Charles picks five for Duchess of Cornwall's book club". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ↑ Brown, Mark (2018-07-20). "Charles to treat palace visitors to his 70th birthday pick and mix". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-05-13.