In 1976, Charles founded The Prince’s Trust, which helps 11-30 year-olds gain education and career opportunities. Though his acceptance may have been pre-decided, as his certificate was signed in advance of the audition.ġ6. He qualified as a helicopter pilot, but gave up flying after he crashed a Queen’s Flight passenger jet in the Hebrides in 1994.Ĭharles has a love for magic, and was inducted into The Magic Circle in 1975 after performing a cup and balls trick. In 1971, Charles embarked on a career in the Royal Navy. When Charles met Joe Biden at COP26 in November 2021, the president remarked “We need you badly … I’m not just saying it.”ġ4. He has since visited Washington more than 20 times, and met every president apart from Jimmy Carter. He later reflected: “That was the time when they were trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon.”ġ3. Charles made his first trip to Washington in 1970 and spent time with Richard Nixon’s daughter. This chapter of his life inspired an episode of The Crown titled “Tywysog Cymru,” meaning “Prince of Wales.”ġ2. In 1969, Charles spent a semester at Aberystwyth University and began Welsh lessons with nationalist Tedi Millward ahead of Charles’ investiture as the Prince of Wales. Charles read archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge University, changing to history for the second part of his degree, and graduated in 1970 with a 2:2 (the British equivalent of somewhere between a 2.7 and 3.0 GPA).ġ1. A national scandal ensued, and the prince’s bodyguard, Don Green, lost his job.ġ0.
It was illegal for under-18-year-olds to be served, and, unfortunately for Charles, a reporter was sitting at the bar. At age 14, Charles ordered a cherry brandy for two shillings and a sixpence in an Isle of Lewis pub after riding on a Gordonstoun School sailboat. His great-uncle, Earl Mountbatten, urged Charles’ parents to have them surgically pinned back to no avail.ĩ. Charles was bullied at school - children called him “fatty” and picked on his prominent ears. The grandmother of Elizabeth was believed to be descended from two of Vlad’s sons.Ĩ. Charles is related to Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for Dracula. Charles was a sensitive child - Winston Churchill, after observing him at three, remarked: “He is young to think so much.”ħ.
In an interview when he was 20, Charles was asked whether his father had been a “tough disciplinarian” and whether the prince had been told to “sit down and shut up.” Charles responded: “The whole time, yes.”Ħ. Charles became heir apparent at the age of three, following the death of his grandfather King George VI and his mother’s accession to the throne when she was 25.ĥ. She also encouraged kindness in Charles - including by sharing candy with other children and picking the weakest person first when choosing teammates for games.Ĥ.
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