King Charles III, his Life of Service

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Prince Charles – ‘rosy, plump, healthy and bawling’ and ‘with a fair fluff of hair’, according to a courtier – was born at 9.14pm on 14 November, 1948....

A crowd of 3,000 huddled outside Buckingham Palace and cheered when the birth announcement was posted on the railings after a 30-hour labour, although an excited policeman had already tipped off those at the front.
The birth of the 7lb 6oz future king, second in line to the throne and the first grandchild for George VI and Queen Elizabeth, came almost a year after the princess’s marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. Marion Crawford, governess to Elizabeth and Margaret, recalled Elizabeth revealing her pregnancy by whispering shyly, ‘I think we’ll get out my old pram, Crawfie.’

The delighted king and queen gave Elizabeth a diamond, ruby and sapphire brooch shaped like a basket of flowers, which she was to wear 65 years later at her great-grandson Prince George’s christening.

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Princess Elizabeth with her first child, Prince Charles in December 1948, by Cecil Beaton

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In my teens I had a friend who was at Gordonstoun school at the same time as Charles. He said that Charles liked to bet on the horses, but not being able to go to the bookies himself, used to get some of the senior boys to place bets for him.

In my last job, I had a colleague who was an ex-firearms officer who used to be one of Prince Charles' protection officers when he was staying in Hampshire. Occasionally, he world drop in "I was speaking to Charles at the weekend". This was when he was playing polo at Cowdray park.
 

I believe the idea that children are not minature adults is a recent concept. Around 1900, kids from age 6 on were expected to work. If they attended school, it was only if their work schedule permitted. Prolonged "warm & fuzzy" childhoods, is a relatively new concept. Maybe Charles' upbringing was an upper crust carry over from those earlier times, and child raring theories? Like packing a kid off to boarding school.
 
the worst thing parents can do to their kids is send them to boarding school.
I know from personal experience, I went to 2 boarding schools,first was a co-ed school in Deerfield,Mass which was 500 miles from home.I was 10,a shy,sensitive girl,was there 2 yrs.
The 2nd was all girls school in Toronto,Canada,stayed 2 yrs.At least I was closer to home 90miles The only time I had my parents attention 24/7 was when I came home for xmas,summer vacations.The whole experience effected me emotionally
 
I believe the Queen and PP loved their children as dearly as any other parent.. but of course their jobs were more full time than most, and as the Queen and her sister were home schooled and never learned to socialise with other children, an prince Philip had the opposite type of childhood, he wanted the same for his children. He wanted them to grow up knowing what it was like to be a child.. and be rumbustious as well as socialised and educated , and in annes' case ladylike and educated ..trouble is nature did it the other way around. Cahrles was a gentle soul who sent heart-wrenching letters home to his beloved grandmother, complaining of bullying and loneliness ...and Anne otoh was being the rough and toughie at her all girls fee paying school...

I think overall the queen did her very best for her children.. and she learned a lot of lessons about things she did wrong and tried to spend as much time in later life with her elder grandchildren, Zara, Peter, William, Harry, Beatrice, and Eugenie as she could, by taking them riding and joining in with their games and trying to be a more hands on grandmother than she might have been as a mother.

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When interviewed Princess Anne has always said that she and her siblings always felt love from their parents at all times...

Queen having fun pulling anne in through the window with charles beneath...
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However they were raised, someone did a great job, because all of the Queens' children have become great parents and grandparents themselves, and very hands on... particularly princess Anne whose adult children and her small grandchildren are not afraid to show public affection..
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I believe the idea that children are not minature adults is a recent concept. Around 1900, kids from age 6 on were expected to work. If they attended school, it was only if their work schedule permitted. Prolonged "warm & fuzzy" childhoods, is a relatively new concept. Maybe Charles' upbringing was an upper crust carry over from those earlier times, and child raring theories? Like packing a kid off to boarding school.
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This is actually one of the big problems in modern society. Children are being raised to believe that life must be perfect. They are unable to deal with the realities and unpleasantness of life.
 
You are kinder to her than I am, Holly. Just from looking at most of these pictures, she looks like a pretty frosty iceberg to me, expressing little or no emotion, and often turning her head away from the family member she is closest to. She may have thawed a little in later life, but I have to wonder how sincere the thawing was.

Thank God she was not my mother!
 
Sunny said:
You are kinder to her than I am, Holly. Just from looking at most of these pictures, she looks like a pretty frosty iceberg to me, expressing little or no emotion, and often turning her head away from the family member she is closest to. She may have thawed a little in later life, but I have to wonder how sincere the thawing was.

Thank God she was not my mother!
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well in just a few photos , and believe me there are thousands more showing similar, there was more love shown to those kids, frosty looking or not, and I disagree.. standoffish might be a little more accurate ..than I had in my whole childhood... ...so I would have swapped with them in a heartbeat.
 
hollydolly said:
Today is the Queen's 68th anniversary of her accession to the throne...
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An amazing woman with an amazing life of service and a strong sense of duty to her family and to her country.

I don't think that it's fair to characterize the Queen as frosty or unfeeling, I suppose we all see what we choose to see when we look at a person's life.

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Prince Charles, the multi-million pound artist

New figures released by the Royal household show the Prince of Wales has sold £2 million worth of lithographs through his shop at Highgrove, making the heir to the throne one of Britain's most successful living artists.

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The Prince of Wales photographed in 1998 painting a watercolour near a Buddhist temple during a visit to the Tiger's Nest Monastery in the Bhutan Himalayas

"All the money raised goes to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation, which awards grants to a wide range of good causes. "
 
Meanderer said:
"The Pampered Prince"
Prince Charles has his shoelaces ironed every morning
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"There is one claim about his behavior that the Prince of Wales has denied and it’s that he brings his own toilet seat with him when he travels."

"The claim was made in Tom Bower 2018 biography titled Rebel Prince, The Power, Passion and Defiance Of Prince Charles. In it, Bower wrote that the royal brings along his own seat and luxury toilet paper when he takes trips abroad."

"When the prince was asked about this during a royal visit to Australia he said, “My own what?! Oh, don’t believe all that crap. The very idea!”

"His wife, Camilla, then chimed in and added, “Don’t you believe that.”
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I have seen reports that Princess Anne gave Prince Charles a white leather toilet seat as a Christmas present.

I believe that it is an inside joke at The Firm over how long the poor Prince has had to stand in line for his seat on the throne.
 
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