Date & place of birth November 14, 1948 Buckingham Palace, London
Born as HRH Prince Charles of Edinburgh
Names Charles Philip Arthur George
Father Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
Mother Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (then Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh)
Royal house Windsor
Heir apparent Prince of Wales February 6, 1952-present
Siblings (3)
Eldest of four children (2 brothers, 1 sister)
Princess Anne, Princess Royal
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Married July 29, 1981 St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Spouse Lady Diana Spencer
Divorced August 28, 1996 London
Married April 9, 1995 Guildhall, Windsor
Spouse Camillia Shand
Issue
(2 sons)
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Prince Henry of Wales
*Children are from first marriage
Grandchildren
(1 grandson)
Prince George of Cambridge
Titles
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (since 1949)
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Cornwall (since February 6, 1952)
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Chester (since July 28, 1958)
Paternal grandparents
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Princess Alice of Battenberg
Paternal great-grandparents
King George I of the Hellenes *
Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (Queen Olga of the Hellenes)
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Charles is a great-great-grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark*
Maternal grandparents
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom)
Maternal great-grandparents
King George V of the United Kingdom
Princess Mary of Teck (Queen Mary of the United Kingdom)
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne)
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