Prince Charles’s Life in Pictures, From Diana to George
On the occasion of their 65th birthdays, most men are preparing to retire. Charles is still prepping for the top job. We review his life in pictures.
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Prince Charles turns 65 today, and what a rollercoaster life the heir to the throne has had! As we wish Charles a very happy birthday, we look back at 65 years in pictures.
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'Prince Charles of Edinburgh' was born in 1948. Here, he takes proceedings seriously as he and his smiling mother, Princess Elizabeth, pose for their first informal pictures in Buckingham Palace, April 10, 1949.
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Britain's Royal Children, Princess Anne and her brother, Prince Charles, dressed in appropriate kilts to watch the Braemar Games in Scotland on Sept. 9, 1955.
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Prince Charles, now The Prince of Wales, in the uniform of the Colonel in Chief of the Royal Regiment of Wales, is seen saluting at the Regiment's Colour presentation on June 11, 1969 at Cardiff Castle in Wales. It was the first occasion for the Prince to wear uniform.
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Charles has always been a dog man. Here, the young prince is seen at the Fernie Hunt Cross Country Team Event with his labrador dog 'Harvey'.
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles are seen on their wedding day in London, July 29, 1981. He was 33, she was 20.
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Prince William, the 6-month-old son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales, poses with his parents during a special picture call at Kensington Palace in London, England on December 22, 1982.
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana leave St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London with their new baby son on September 16, 1984. Princess Diana carries Prince Harry, who was born on September 15.
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Prince Charles drives his Aston Martin DB5 Volante convertible in Windsor. The Aston was a 21st birthday present from his mother.
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Prince Charles is seen during a polo match, 1989. Polo remains one of the Prince's great passions.
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On September 6, 1997, Charles walks with the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William, Earl Spencer, and Prince Harry outside Westminster Abbey during the funeral service for his ex-wife Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Britain's Prince Charles shakes hands with local residents, during a visit to a Hillbrow housing project in Johannesburg on November 1, 1997.
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The Prince Of Wales and Princes William & Harry ski in Klosters, Switzerland.
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One of Prince Charles and his second wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles's, first public appearances together on their way to hosting Prince Charles' staff Christmas lunch at the Ritz.
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Charles with his new wife Camilla Parker-Bowles after their wedding ceremony.
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Camilla arrives at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England with the senior royals for the marriage of Prince William, confirmation that she has finally been accepted by the Queen.
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Prince Charles reads the weather in the Six O'Clock studio during a tour of the BBC Scotland Headquarters, where he met staff to celebrate sixty years of BBC Scotland Television on May 10, 2012.
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It wouldn't be a Prince Charles gallery without a picture of him dancing, would it? The Prince of Wales dances with Lisa Shannon at the Dance-O-Mat during a visit to Christchurch on November 16, 2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Nor would it be right to exclude a picture of him DJ-ing.
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is presented with a teddy bear for his grandson, Prince George of Cambridge, during a visit to the 132nd Sandringham Flower Show at Sandringham House on July 31, 2013.
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Prince Charles is currently on a nine-day visit to India. Here he surveys a mangrove conservation area in Mumbai, India.
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