![]() ![]() His full name is: His Majesty His Majesty Charles the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. Rents in the United Kingdom are rising at a record pace, a trend that helped the nation’s most famous landlord, King Charles III, make a big payday. He was the longest-serving heir apparent, and in September, aged 73, became the oldest person ever to ascend the British throne.ġ0. He said it was the only drink he could think of.Ĩ. At 14, while at Gordonstoun School, he tried to order a cherry brandy in a bar. He hates modern architecture and once described a proposed extension for the National Gallery as a “monstrous carbuncle”.Ħ. The Old Man of Lochnagar was originally written by Charles for his younger brother Prince Edward.ĥ. His Prince’s Trust was started with the severance pay he received when he left the Navy in 1976.Ĥ. As a little boy at Balmoral, Charles would climb into the empty bath and put his ear to the plughole so that, via the plumbing, he could eavesdrop on the adults’ conversation.ģ. At his fourth birthday party the band of the Grenadier Guards played The Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Charles’s favourite song, in Buckingham Palace courtyard.Ģ. King Charles III delivers his address to the nation and the Commonwealth from Buckingham Palace, London, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 8 September. Today, he turns 74 and to celebrate his big day, we bring you a selection of extraordinary facts about our new king, who ascended the throne upon the death of his mother in September 2022. But there are a number of practical - and traditional - steps which he must go through to be crowned King. Believe it or not, this little chap is King Charles as a baby, sitting on his mother, Queen Elizabeth II’s lap. ![]()
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