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Diabierna 9 September 2022

After a lifetime of preparation, Charles takes the throne

Palace. When his mother ac- Camilla began before he
ceded to the throne in 1952, went to sea, but the romance The revelations tarnished
the 3-year-old prince became foundered and she married a Charles' reputation among
the Duke of Cornwall. He cavalry officer. many who celebrated Diana
became Prince of Wales at 20. for her style as well as her
He met Lady Diana Spencer charity work with AIDS pa-
His school years were un- in 1977 when she was 16 and tients and landmine victims.
happy, with the future king he was dating her older sis-
being bullied by classmates ter. Diana apparently didn't Charles soldiered on, in-
at Gordonstoun, a Scottish see him again until 1980, and creasingly standing in for the
boarding school that prides rumors of their engagement queen in her twilight years.
itself on building character swirled after she was invited In 2018, he was named the
through vigorous outdoor to spend time with Charles queen's designated succes-
activities and educated his fa- and the royal family. sor as head of the Common-
ther, Philip. wealth, an association of 54
The couple married on July nations with links to the Brit-
Charles studied history at 29, 1981, at St. Paul's Cathe- ish Empire. The process ac-
Cambridge University's Trin- dral in a globally televised celerated after the death of
ity College, where in 1970 he ceremony. Prince William, her husband, Prince Philip,
became the first British royal now heir to the throne, was on April 9, 2021.
LONDON (AP) — Prince delivered speeches and writ- to earn a university degree. born less than a year later, fol-
Charles has been prepar- ten articles on issues close
lowed by his brother, Prince As Elizabeth declined, he
ing for the crown his en- to his heart, such as climate He then spent seven years in Harry, in 1984. sometimes stepped in at the
tire life. Now, at age 73, change, green energy and al- last moment.
that moment has finally ternative medicine. uniform, training as a Royal The public fairy tale soon
Air Force pilot before join-
arrived.
His accession to the throne is ing the Royal Navy, where crumbled. Charles admitted On the eve of the state open-
Charles, the oldest person likely to fuel debate about the he learned to fly helicopters. to adultery to a TV inter- ing of Parliament on May
10, 2022, the queen asked
to ever assume the British future of Britain's largely cer- He ended his military career viewer in 1994. In an inter-
as commander of the HMS view of her own, Diana drew Charles to preside, delegating
throne, became King Charles emonial monarchy, seen by one of her most important
III on Thursday follow- some as a symbol of national Bronington, a minesweeper, attention to her husband's re- constitutional duties to him
in 1976.
lationship with Camilla, say-
ing the death of his mother, unity and others as an obso- ing: "There were three of us -- evidence that a transition
Queen Elizabeth II. No date lete vestige of feudal history. Charles' relationship with in this marriage." was underway.
has been set for his corona-
tion. Charles, who will be the head
of state for the U.K. and 14
After an apprenticeship that other countries, including
began as a child, Charles em- Australia, Canada, New Zea-
bodies the modernization of land and Papua New Guinea,
the British monarchy. He was has defended his actions.
the first heir not educated at
home, the first to earn a uni- In the same interview, how-
versity degree and the first to ever, Charles acknowledged
grow up in the ever-inten- that as king, he wouldn't be
sifying glare of the media as able to speak out or interfere
deference to royalty faded. in politics because the role of
sovereign is different from
He also alienated many with being the Prince of Wales.
his messy divorce from the
much-loved Princess Diana, Charles has said he intends
and by straining the rules to reduce the number of
that prohibit royals from in- working royals, cut expenses
tervening in public affairs, and better represent modern
wading into debates on is- Britain.
sues such as environmental
protection and architectural But it was the disintegration
preservation, of his marriage to Diana that
made many question his fit-
Charles must figure out how ness for the throne. Then, as
to generate the "public sup- he aged, his handsome young
port, a sense of endearment" sons stole the limelight from
that characterized the rela- a man who had a reputation
tionship Elizabeth had with for being as gray as his Saville
the British public, Owens Row suits.
said.
It took years for many in
In other words, will Charles Britain to forgive Charles for
be as loved by his subjects? his admitted infidelity to Di-
It's a question that has over- ana before "the people's prin-
shadowed his entire life. cess" died in a Paris car crash
in 1997. But the public mood
A shy boy with a domineer- softened after he married Ca-
ing father, Charles grew into milla Parker Bowles in 2005
a sometimes-awkward, un- and she became the Duchess
derstated man who is never- of Cornwall.
theless confident in his own
opinions. Unlike his mother, Prince Charles Philip Ar-
who refused to publicly dis- thur George was born Nov.
cuss her views, Charles has 14, 1948, in Buckingham