Speaking in 2009, he said: “All I have ever wanted to do is build bridges that can span these chasms and unite us with the patterns of Divine Harmony in our souls and within the world's soul.” The man who is now the head of the Church of England had said he wanted to change the title, first adopted by Henry VIII, of Defender of the Faith, to Defender of Faith, to include other religions widely practiced in multicultural Britain. His enthusiasm for the subject will not wane as King but perhaps such activism and meetings with activists may be toned down in line with the Crown. The Terra Carta, or Earth Charter, was launched in January 2021 to encourage the private sector to adopt sustainable practices and it pledged a £7.3 billion fund of ‘natural capital’ which will be committed to reforestation and landscape renewal schemes. Credit: PAĪt the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2020 he launched the Sustainable Markets Initiative, which calls on businesses and consumers to take steps towards sustainable practices. Prince Charles looks on at a colony of penguins on Sea Lion Island off the coast of The Falkland Islands. “So I can only urge you to think of your grandchildren, as I think of mine, and of those billions of people without a voice.”Ĭharles was early to the debate on genetically modified foods, organic farming, improved land use and sustainability.Įven as he took on more responsibility from the Queen, he did not shrink from high profile, environmental tours, whether with penguins in the South Atlantic, releasing turtles on a beach in Malta or feeding endangered orangutans in Borneo. His comments in the past on environmental activism have been the most forthright, telling world leaders at the COP21 climate summit in Paris in 2015: “Your deliberations over the next two weeks will decide the fate not only of those alive today but also of generations yet unborn. Credit: PAĮxpressing public opinion on matters that interest him is something Charles has not held back on, however as the new Head of State, he will have to change his style to become politically neutral and steer away from any controversy. Queen Elizabeth II investing her son as the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle. He went on to study archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge University, but changed to history for the second part of his degree and in 1970 received a 2:2 degree. Despite reports he felt intimidated by other students and home-sick at the school, he persevered and became head boy in his final year. Under the guidance of his father, he began his first term at Gordonstoun, a school in Scotland which The Duke of Edinburgh had attended. It was while he was studying at Cheam that the Queen created him The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester when he was just nine-years-old. The young prince was educated at Hill House school in west London from 1956 and then Cheam School, a preparatory school in Berkshire, from 1957. Scenes that will soon be mirrored when he steps out on the same balcony as King Charles III. Credit: PAĬharles was front and centre at a moment of history when the Queen stepped out on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to greet the huge crowds that waited below – the four-year-old stood next to younger sister Princess Anne and watched in awe at the scenes around him. Prince Charles watches the Queen's Coronation between the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret at Westminster Abbey. He became heir apparent at the age of three when his mother inherited the throne upon her father’s, King George VI, death.Īged just four, he watched his mother’s Coronation in Westminster Abbey on 2 June, 1953 sandwiched between his grandmother, The Queen’s mother, and aunt, Princess Margaret. Since he was a toddler, there was never a moment in his childhood or adolescence when he was not a heartbeat away from the throne.īorn at Buckingham Palace on November 14, 1948, he was christened as Charles Philip Arthur George a month later. Throughout his life he has remained vocal about subjects he has been passionate about – notably the environment – but now as King he will have to shift his style. The Elizabethan era is over and Prince Charles, formerly the Prince of Wales, has ascended the throne to become King Charles III.įollowing the announcement of the monarch’s death on September 8, 2022, it was promptly announced by Buckingham Palace that the prince, who has waited his entire life to inherit the throne, will become King of the United Kingdom and 16 Commonwealth realms.Ĭharles has been first in line to the throne for seven decades and heir apparent since the age of three.
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