She was a commoner and seen as too much of a woman of the world, with several past romantic relationships, to be a suitable wife for the heir. Under the old royal rules, Camilla was considered an unsuitable bride for the young prince. He still carried a torch for an old flame, Camilla Shand. Charles, it seemed, was the only man in the world who didn’t love Diana. The doe-eyed daughter of an earl with a sense of style that reverberated around the globe, Diana boosted the British fashion industry and brought the royals into the 21st century. She was 19 years old - 12 years his junior and worlds away in cultural differences. In 1981, he dutifully married the lovely Diana Spencer in a spectacular ceremony in St. It was that toxic, tangled mix of duty and romance that led to marital disaster. Every time he was seen with a new date, speculation was ignited as to whether she was The One. In his teens and twenties, he was the most eligible bachelor in the world.
He earned a BA from Cambridge and served in the RAF and the Royal Navy. He spent nine weeks ahead of the ceremony learning about Welsh culture and delivered his speech in Welsh. He took the title Prince of Wales at age nine, but was not invested with it until a lavish ceremony took place at Caernarfon Castle in Wales in 1969.
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Now even Netflix has taken an avid interest, with its hit series The Crown fictionalizing details of his relationships and marriages. The oldest of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh’s four children, he’s spent his entire life having every torment minutely scrutinized by the press. He sent his own two sons to the far more forgiving Eton College. Bullied by his peers, he later called the school “Colditz with Kilts,” and recalled the torments he suffered in the frigid dorms. It was a grim fate for any youngster, but all the more difficult for a sensitive child. They did not want Charles to appear pampered. Growing up a drab Britain, with the Second World War still looming large in the rear-view mirror and where frills were frowned upon, his father sent Charles to his own alma mater, Gordonstoun, an austere Scottish boarding school where cold showers and early morning runs were routine. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. AFP PHOTO/HUGO BURNAND/CLARENCE HOUSE (Photo by Hugo Burnand / CLARENCE HOUSE / AFP) (Photo by HUGO BURNAND/CLARENCE HOUSE/AFP via Getty Images) Back Row (L-R): Tom Pettifer, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Michael Middleton, Carole Middleton, James Middleton and Philippa Middleton. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE/MANDATORY CREDIT - AFP PHOTO/HUGO BURNAND/CLARENCE HOUSE - /NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS/DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS A handout photo issued by Clarence House of The Royal Wedding Group in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace in London on Apwith Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge (C), Front row (L-R): Grace van Cutsem, Eliza Lopes, Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Louise Windsor, William Lowther-Pinkerton.
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