EARLY LIFE

The Prince was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948.

He was christened Charles Philip Arthur George in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher.

Prince Charles lived in Buckingham Palace until he was eight months old. His parents, Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh, then moved to Clarence House.

Princess Anne, now The Princess Royal, was born on 15 August 1950. The children had two nannies, Helen Lightbody and Mabel Anderson.

Princess Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen on 6 February 1952. On The Queen's accession to the throne, Prince Charles, as the Sovereign's eldest son, became heir apparent at the age of three.

The Prince's new status made him The Duke of Cornwall. He also automatically took the Scottish titles Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.
 
The Prince was four at his mother's Coronation in Westminster Abbey on 2 June, 1953. He sat between his widowed grandmother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and his aunt, Princess Margaret.

Prince Andrew, now The Duke of York, was born in 1960, and Prince Edward, now The Earl of Wessex, was born in 1964.