The moment the queen dies Charles, Prince of Wales who is the eldest son of the late monarch Queen Elizabeth II, who breathed her last in her Scotland estate peacefully on 8 September, 2022 and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh will immediately assume the throne without any ceremony.
On July 29, 1981, Charles married Lady Diana Frances Spencer daughter of the 8th Earl Spencer; the royal wedding was a global media event, broadcast live on television and watched by hundreds of millions of people. The marriage did not last long as it grew intense scrutiny from the tabloid press and rumours of infedility. Charles and Diana separated in 1992, on December 9 but would continue to fulfill their public duties and to share the responsibility of raising their sons, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. The royal couple divorced on August 28, 1996. Unfortunately a year later Diana died in a car accident.
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Charles got married to Camilla Parker Bowles with whom he had a long-standing relationship on April 9, 2005, after the wedding, Parker Bowles took the title of duchess of Cornwall. With Charles becoming the King, Camilla will be the Queen Consort- consort is the term used for the spouse of the monarch.
Although Charles is going to be the new King, his eldest son Prince William will not automatically become Prince of Wales. However, he immediately inherits his father’s other title, Duke of Cornwall. His wife Catherine will be known as the Duchess of Cornwall. In the first 24 hours or so after his mother’s death, Charles will be officially proclaimed King. This happens at St James’s Palace in London, in front of a ceremonial body known as the Accession Council.
Charles had private schooling at Buckingham Palace and in London, Hampshire, and Scotland. After which Charles entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1967. He took a bachelor’s degree there in 1971, the first ever earned by an heir to the British crown. He also spent a term at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, learning Welsh in preparation for his investiture as Prince of Whales on July 1, 1969, at Caernarvon Castle.
