Royal Profile: 70 Facts About The Prince of Wales

1. Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor otherwise known as The Prince Charles of Wales was born on 14 November 1948 weighing 7 lbs 6oz{Source}.
2. He is the eldest son and heir apparent to The Princess Elizabeth, The Duchess of Edinburgh and Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh {Source}.
3. The Prince of Wales has two younger brothers:
1. The Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, The Duke of York (1960)
2. The Prince Edward Anthony Richard Louis, The Earl of Wessex (1964)
4. The eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II has one sister:
1. The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal (1950)
5. Through his three younger siblings, he has two former siblings-in-law, a sister-in-law, and a brother-in-law:
1. Captain Mark Anthony Peter Phillips (m. 1973-1992, div)
2. Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence (1955, m. 1992)
3. Sarah, Duchess of York (1959, m. 1986-1996, div)
4. Sophie, The Countess of Wessex (1964, m. 19999)
6. Through his siblings, he has four nieces:
1. Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips Tindall (1981) (1981)
2. Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York (1988)
3. Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank (1990)
4. The Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (2003)
7. He has two nephews as well:
1. Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (1977)
2. James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn (2007
8. The Prince of Wales has a niece-in-law, and two nephews-in-law:
1. Autumn Patricia Kelly Philips (1978, m. 2008, Peter)
2. Michael James Tindall (1978, m. 2011, Zara)
3. Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank (1986, m. 2018
9. Through his nieces and nephews, he has the following great-nieces, all of whom are the grandchildren of The Princess Royal:
1. Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips (2010)
2. Isla Elizabeth Phillips (2012)
3. Miss Mia Grace Tindall (2014)
4. Lena Elizabeth Tindall (2018
10. His godparents were:
1. King George V (his maternal grandfather)
2. King Haakon VIII (his distant cousin)
3. Queen Mary (his maternal great grandmother)
4. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (his maternal aunt)
5. Prince George of Greece (his paternal granduncle)
6. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (his paternal great-grandmother)
7. Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (his paternal cousin)
8. The Hon. David Bowes-Lyon (his maternal granduncle)
11. When he was just three years old, he became heir-apparent to the throne at his mother's ascendance to the throne in 1952{Source}.
12. He was 4 years old on his mother's 2 June 1953 Cpronation at Westminister Abbey. Many who watched the Coronation have vivid memories of him seated between his widowed grandmother, now to be known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and his aunt, Princess Margaret. {Source}.
13. Unlike his mother's upbringing of an education at Buckingham Palace, the young Prince's parents decided to educate him at top private schools in London{Source}.
14. He began his education at the prestigious Hill House school in West London, shortly before his eighth birthday {Source}.
15. After just one school year (10 months to be exact), he became a boarder at the prestigious Cheam School.
16. Like his father previously, Prince Charles attended Gordonstoun School beginning when he was 13 years old{Source}.
17. In 1966, he attended two terms as an exchange student at Timbertop, a remote outpost of the Geelong Church of England Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia{Source}.
18. After two terms in Australia, he returned for a final year at Gordonstoun School, where he was appointed School Guardian (Head Boy){Source}.
19. Having passed six O Levels, the Prince took a Levels in 1967, where he received a B in History, C in French and a disticition in an optional special history paper.
20. After graduting from Gordonstoun, he attended the University of Cambridge, where he studied archaeology and anthropology at Trinity College, changing to history for the latter half of his degree, and was awarded a 2:2 degree in 1970{Source}.
21. When he was just 9 years old, his mother created him The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester{Source}.
22. He was invested as Prince of Wales by The Queen on 1st July 1969 in a colorful ceremony at Caernarfon Castle{Source}. Before the investiture The Prince had spent a term at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth, learning to speak Welsh.{Source}
23. In February 1970, he took his seat in the House of Lords.
24. A year later, the Prince began a brief military career.
25. He flew himself to Royal Air Force (RAF) Cranwell in Lincolnshire, to train as a jet pilot.
26. At his own request, The Prince had received flying instruction from the RAF during his second year at Cambridge.
27. In September 1971 after the passing out parade at Cranwell, The Prince embarked on a naval career, following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and both his great-grandfathers.
28. The six-week course at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, was followed by service on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk and two frigates.
29. He qualified as helicopter pilot in 1974 before joining 845 Naval Air Squadron, which operated from the Commando carrier HMS Hermes.
30. On 9th February 1976, The Prince took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last nine months in the Navy.
31. On 29th July 1981, The Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer in St Paul's Cathedral{Source}.
32. The Spencer family had a long standing connection with the British Royal Family-Lady Diana's father had been a equerry to Queen Elizabeth's parents and Lady Diana's maternal grandmother was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Prince Charles's grandmother{Source}.
33. Through his marriage, he has two sons{Source}:
1. Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis, The Duke of Cambridge (1982)
2. Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales (1984)
34. His two sons have grown up, and began their own families with these two women{Source}:
1. Catherine Elizabeth, The Duchess of Cambridge (1982)
2. Rachel Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex (1981
35. Through his sons and daughters-in-law, he has two grandsons:
1. Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge (2013)
2. Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge (2018
36. He also is a doting grandfather to a little girl:
1. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge (2015)
37. He will become a grandfather for the fourth time in the spring of 2019, with the birth of the first child of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex {Source}
38. During their marriage, the Prince and Princess of Wales carried out numerous overseas tours and engagements throughout the United Kingdom.
39. In December 1992, it was announced that the Prince and Princess of Wales agreed to separate.
40. The marriage was official dissolved in August 1996.
41. Even with the end of the marriage, the Princess remained a member of the British Royal Family as mother of the heir apparent's heir.
42. She continued to reside at Kensington Palace and carry out work for numerous charities.
43. Upon her death in August 1997, the Prince flew to Paris with his two former sister-in-laws to accompany her body back to England.
44. On the day of her funeral, he accompanied their two sons, who were age 15 and 12 at the time behind the coffin from The Mall to Westminster Abbey, along with the Princess's former father-in-law and her younger brother.
45. In April 2005, Prince Charles chose to make another change in his familial life. He married Camilla Parker-Bowels at the Guildhall, Windsor.
46. After the ceremony, Camilla became known as The Duchess of Cornwall, which is one of the titles that Prince Charles holds as heir apparent{Source}.
47. She chose this title out of respect for her stepsons and the association the title Princess of Wales had with their mother.
48. From his second marriage, he gained a stepson and stepdaughter, who were later joined by their own spouses and children:
1. Tom Parker-Bowels
1. Sara Parker-Bowles
1. Lola Parker-Bowles (2007)
2. Freddy Parker-Bowles (2010)
2. Laura Lopes
1. Harry Lopes
1. Eliza Lopes (2008)
2. Gus Lopes (2009)
3. Louis Lopes (2009)
49. Prince Charles is very active in charity work. He has developed an organization titled The Prince's Charities, which he is patron and President of.
50. The charity reflects his long term and innovated perspectives, and seeks to address areas that have previous unmet needs. The Prince's primary interests are in fields such as the built of the environment, global sustainability, youth opportunity, education and faith.
51. On his father's side, he is a nephew of:
1. Princess Margarita (1905-81)
1. Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1960, m. 1931)
2. Princess Theodora (1906-69)
1. Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906-1963)
3. Princess Cecilie (1911-1937)
1. Prince Georg of Hesse and by Rhine (1906-1937, m. 1931)
4. Princess Sophie (1914-2001)
1. Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901-1943, m. 1930)
52. From his mother's side, he is a nephew of:
1. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002)
1. Antony Armstong-Jones, The 1st Earl Snowdon (m. 1960-1978, div)
53. His maternal cousins and their spouses are:
1. David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961)
1. The Lady Serena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon (1970, m. 1999)
2. The Lady Sarah Chatto (1964)
1. Daniel St George Chatto (1957, m. 1994)
54. Through his maternal cousins, he has four 1st cousins 1x removed:
1. Samuel David Benedict Chatto (1996)
2. Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto (1999)
3. Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1999)
4. The Lady Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (2002)
55. His paternal cousins and their spouses are:
1. Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine (1931-1937)
2. Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (1933-2011)
1. Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (1929–1990, m. 1956-1962, div)
3. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1933-1937)
4. Princess Margarita of Baden (1932-2013)
1. Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia (m. 1957-1962, div)
2.  Robert Floris van Eyck(1916–1991, m. 1962)
5. Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (1933)
1. Archduchess Valerie of Austria (m. 1966)
6. Princess Dorothea  of Hesse (1934)
1. Prince Friedrich Karl of Windisch-Grätz (m. 1959, 1917-2002)
7. Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1935–2004)
8. Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1936-1997)
9. Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine (1936-1939)
10. Prince Ludwig  of Baden (1937)
1. Princess Anna Maria (Marianne) of Auersperg-Breunner (1943, m. 1967)
11. Prince Ludwig Wilhelm Georg Ernst Christoph of Baden (1937)
1. Princess Anna Maria (Marianne) Henrietta Eleonora Gobertina of Auersperg-Breunner (1943, m. 1967)
12. Prince Karl Adolf Andreas of Hesse (1937)
1. Countess Yvonne Margit Valerie Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár (1944, m. 1966)
13. Prince Georg Andreas of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1938)
1.  Luise, Princess of Schönburg-Waldenburg (m. 1968)
14. Prince Rainer Christoph Friedrich of Hesse (1939)
15. Princess Clarissa Alice of Hesse (1944)
1. Jean-Claude Derrien (1948, m. 1971-1976, div)
16. Prince Rupprecht  of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1944-1978)
17. Prince Albrecht of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1944 -1992)
1. Maria-Hildegard Fischer (m. 1976)
18. Prince Georg of Hanover (1949)
1. Victoria Anne Bee (1951, m. 1973)
19. Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover (1947-1981)
1. Wibke van Gunsteren  (m.1969)
20. Princess Friederike of Hanover (1954)
1. Jerry William Cyr (1951, m. 1979)
56. His paternal cousins 1x removed are:
1. Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia (1957)
1. Gregory Thune-Larsen (m. 1990
2. Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (1958)
1. Ljiljana Licanin (1957, m. 1992)
3. Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia (1959)
1. Desmond Lorenz de SilvaQC (1939, m. 1987-2010, div)
4. Princess Marina of Windisch-Grätz (1960)
1. Gyula Lajos Jakabffy (m. 1988) 
5. Prince Christopher of Yugoslavia (1960-1994)
6. Hélène Sophie van Eyck (1963)
1. Roderick Alan Harman
7. Mark van Eyck (1966)
1. Joanne Green (m./sep 1992 
8. Princess Clarissa Elisabeth Fiore of Windisch-Grätz (1966)
1. Eric de Waele (m. 1985)
9. Princess Cécile of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1967)
1. Count Cyril Amédée de Commarque (m. 1998-2008, div)
2. Ajoy Mani (m. 2015)
10. Princess Marie Louise of Baden (1969)
1. Zentatsu Richard Baker (1936, m. 1999)
11. Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1970)
1. Saskia Lita Binder (m. 2003)
12. Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1970)
1. Stephanie Kaul (m. 2001)
13. Princess Saskia of Hanover (1970)
1. Michael Alexander Robert Naylor-Leyland (m. 1990, divorced)
2.   Edward Hooper  (m. 2007)Princess Xenia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1972)
3. Max Soltmann (m. 2005)
14. Princess Katharina Clementine Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1972)
1. Prince Nikolaus of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 2002)
15. Princess Tatiana Luise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1975)
1. Hubertus Stephan (m. 2010-2018, his death 
16. Princess Sophie Thyra Josephine Georgine Henriette of Baden (1975)
17. Prince Berthold Ernst-August Emich Rainer of Baden (1976)
18.  Prince Ludwig of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1976)
19. Vera Alice Prinzessin von Hannover (1976)
1. Manuel Dmoch (1977, m. 2006)
20. Nora Sophie Prinzessin von Hannover (1979)
1. Christian Falk (m. 2007)
21. Johanna von Hesse (1980)
22. Princess Aglaë Margarete Tatiana Mary of Baden (1981)
23. Julia Emma Cyr (1982)
24. Jean-Paul Welf Cyr (1985)
25. Celina Sophie Dmoch (2007)
26. Konstantin Georg Erik Falk (2007)
27. Leopold Welf Christian Falk ( 2009)
28. Elena Luisa Dmoch (2009)
57. His paternal cousins 2x removed and their spouses are:
1. Prince Leopold of Baden (1971)
2. Prince Michael of Baden (1976
3. Christina Höhne (m. 2015)
4. Sascha Alexandra Sophia Harman (1986)
5. Michel Jean Henri de Waele (1986)
6. Caroline Libbrecht (m. 2011)
7. Alexander Federico Mark de Waele (1987)
8. Mathieu Paul Philippe de Waele (1988)
9. Réka Dorothea Sita Jakabffy (1988)
10. Sophia Magdolna Jakabffy (1989)
11. Pascale Olivia Harman (1989)
12. Victoria Marie Esmé Margarita de Silva (1991)
13. Sonia Tatiana Thune-Larsen (1992)
14. Princess Marija of Yugoslaiva (1993)
15. Jake John Naylor-Leyland (1993)
16. Rubi Jade de Waele (1994)
17. Olga Kristin Thune-Larsen (1995)
18. Gabriel George Naylor-Leyland (1996)
19. Sofia Baker (2001)
20. Max Leopold Ernst Kraft Peter, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (2005)
21. Ferdinand Gabriel Kraft Soltmann (2005)
22. Prince Gustav Philipp Friedrich Alexander of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (2007)
23. Louis Ivan Welf Otto Hooper (2007)
24. Louisa Marie Charlotte Soltmann (2008)
25. Princess Marita Saskia Friedelinde Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (2010)
58. His paternal greatx3 cousins are:
1. Raphaël de Waele (2013)
2. Lucy de Waele (2015)
59. The future British monarch is a godfather to the following:
1. Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull (1964)
2. Hon. Timothy Knatchbull (1964)
3. Marina Victoria Alexandria Ogilvy (1966)
4. Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967)
5. India Amanda Caroline Hicks (1967)
6. James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton (1969
7. Lord Nicholas Charles Edward Windsor (1970)
8. Edward Bernard Charles van Cutsem (1973)
9. James Laing (1974)
10. Thomas Henry Parker Bowles (1974)
11. Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (1974)
12. Catherine Mary Cameron (1975)
13. Hon. Charles George Barrington Tryon (1975)
14. Hon. Edward John Hugo Tollemache (1975)
15. Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (1977)
16. Rose Troughton (1979)
17. Hon. Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull (1981)
18. Eliza Ferguson (1986)
19. Galen Crawley (1988)
20. Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (1991
21. Angelica Margherita Edwina Hicks (1992)
22. Lord Frederick Charles Wellesley (1992)
23. Jessie Street (born 1992)
24. Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (1996)
25. Samuel David Benedict Chatto (born 1996)
26. Isabella Soames (1996)
27. Kumar Padmanabh Singh, Crown Prince of Jaipur (1998) 
60. He shares his birthday with  Camilla Katharina Maria von Lattorff (2005) (Liechtenstein).
61. His astrological sign is Scorpio.
62. He is named for :
1. Charles: Likely a name his parents liked.
2. Arthur: for one of Queen Victoria's sons
3. Philip: his father
4. George: his paternal great grandfather, King George I of Greece
63. He is the 21st Prince of Wales {Source}
64. At one time, the future monarch stated: "You have got to choose somebody very carefully, I think, who could fulfil this particular role, and it has got to be someone pretty special."{Source}.
65. In 1988 he wrote and presented a TV documentary, A Vision of Britain, setting out his view of architecture, conservation and the built environment {Source}.
66. In May 1990, the Prince was back on TV presenting The Earth in Balance, a self-penned programme highlighting global issues {Source}.
67. A countryman at heart, he rides and supports hunting {Source}.
68. Charles was a keen polo player for much of his life, finally giving up the sport in November 2005 {Source}.
69. He played in all four positions, but most often at No 4 (back) {Source}.
70. The Charles is an experienced watercolourist and has been painting for most of his adult life  {Source}.