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Charles
Philip Arthur George Windsor was named at his birth on the 14th of
November 1948. Charles, the eldest
child and son of Queen Elizabeth II of England, Great Britain, Wales, and all
Territories, is the current heir to the British throne. Born to Elizabeth and Prince Philip
(Philip Mountbatten of the royal family of Greece) in 1948, a year after the
young royals wedding, and four years before Elizabeth became Queen with the
unfortunate death of her father, the reigning King of England.
Charles
was ordained Prince of Wales in 1958, serving as a pilot and commander in the
Royal Navy from 1971-76. In 1981
he married Lady Diana Spencer.
Diana, known as the
“Peoples’ Princess", died in 1997 in a high-speed car chase in Paris,
France. Prior to Diana’s death,
Diana was named Princess of Wales and became a royal in her own right. Diana was soon stripped of Her Royal
Highness title when the royal couple separated in 1992. They divorced in
1996. The royal union did produce
an heir and “a spare", Prince William (Born in 1982) and Prince Henry (also
called Harry, Born in 1984).
After
Diana’s death, Charles officially acknowledged having had a lengthy clandestine
affair/relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Their relationship continued
throughout his entire royal marriage to Diana Spencer. Charles and Camilla met in the early
1970s, becoming friends, and later romantic partners. Due to the pressure to marry a woman who could bear him
heirs, Charles married Diana, while Camilla (or Dog face as she was
affectionately known) married Army Captain Andrew Parker Bowles in
1973.
After
Diana’s death in 1997, Parker-Bowles became recognized as Charles steady
companion and partner. Buckingham Palace advisors held many a meeting
concerning Parker Bowles eventual role should it become a fact to deal with if,
unfortunately, Charles would become king. Amid much public chatter concerning the
propriety of their relationship, or the lack of it, the two were married in a
civil ceremony in London on the 9th of April 2005. Their non-religious union was blessed
the same day in a ceremony at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, attended
by only the royal family, relatives, and very close friends from both the groom’s
and brides families.
Queen
Elizabeth II gave Parker-Bowles the HRH Title of Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Cornwall. Why an obscure place
like Cornwall? Well, One of
Charles’s many titles is the Duke of Cornwall. Under no circumstances, according to British Law, will
Camilla ever become Queen Camilla.
Such a concern has materialized when Charles, the Prince of Wales and
the current Heir to the British Throne, married Camilla, the once mistress and
now wife of Charles.
When
you poll the British Citizens on the original Question: Should Charles become
King, if Elizabeth II were to step down or, God forbid, suddenly pass
away. The various answers that you
could potentially hear are as numerous as the number of British Citizens that
were polled. Now, having a better
understand of the Royal Life of Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor, what
might be your opinion if asked?
Reed Oxman, the author of the above, is also
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School of Medicine and became Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Pain
Management.
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