Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms, succeeding to the throne on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 2022. The eldest son of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, he was heir apparent from her accession in 1952, was created Prince of Wales in 1958, and was invested at Caernarfon in 1969. He served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy after a history degree at the University of Cambridge.
Biography
Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and fourteen other Commonwealth realms. He became king on 8 September 2022 on the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, after being heir apparent longer than anyone in British history.
As Prince of Wales he founded the Prince's Trust and campaigned on the environment, architecture and organic farming. His marriage to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 ended in divorce in 1996; he married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005.
He was crowned in Westminster Abbey in May 2023. In 2024 he announced that he was being treated for cancer.
