Charles Biography and Timeline

Birth of Charles

Birth of Charles, Elizabeth Is 1st son & heir

Baptism

The Princes godparents are King George VI, Queen Mary, Princess Margaret, the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, David Bowes-Lyon, Lady Brabourne, King Haakon VII of Norway (for whom the Earl of Athlone stood proxy), and Prince George of Greece. Prince Charles baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher

Peerage

Becomes, in the Scottish Peerage, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland

Peerage

The Duke of Cornwall is now the heir apparent to the throne. Charles mother assumes the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II, Charles immediately becomes Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III, which gave that title to the Sovereigns eldest son, and is then referred to as His Royal Highnes

Succession

Charles mother assumes the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II, Charles immediately becomes Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III, which gave that title to the Sovereigns eldest son, and is then referred to as His Royal Highnes

Pegasus Memorial Museum

Pegasus Bridge now resides in the grounds of the Pegasus Memorial Museum, the museum is inaugurated by HRH The Prince of Wales and lies at the Eastern end of the current bridge

Role range: 1939-1945

Commonwealth

Elizabeth II announces at the Commonwealth Games Charles will become Prince of Wales

Games-Commonwealth

Elizabeth II announces at the Commonwealth Games Charles will become Prince of Wales

Succession

Elizabeth II announces at the Commonwealth Games Charles will become Prince of Wales

Peerage

Prince Charles is created The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, though his actual investiture does not take place until 1 July 1969

Education

Traditionally, the heir to the throne would go straight into the military after finishing school, however, in a break with tradition, Charles attends university at Trinity College, Cambridge

Investiture

The nationalist campaign against the investiture results in an attempted bombing of the Royal Train by the Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru

Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru

Two bombers die when they try to bomb the Royal Train. The nationalist campaign against the investiture results in an attempted bombing of the Royal Train by the Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru

Investiture

The ceremony at Caernarfon has traditionally been associated with the subjugation and humiliation of Welsh people since the Thirteenth century when Edward I of England cruelly deposed the last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd

Education

Charles studies history, earning a 2:2 (lower second class) Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree making him the third member of the Royal Family to earn a university degree

Education

Attends the Old College, part of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he studies the Welsh language and Welsh History

Education

As per Cambridge tradition, the Prince is awarded a Masters degree, entitling him to use the postnominal MA (Cantab.)

Heathrow

Opens Terminal 4 at Heathrow airport

Marriage

Clarence House announces Charles will marry Camilla Parker Bowles Eighth Feb

Marriage

Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles