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On May 6th, the oldest claimant to the throne, King Charles III, finally received the crown.
His life as a Windsor scion, crown prince and king of the British in pictures.
1 / 25Charles III.
was born on November 14, 1948 in Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth was 22 years old, Prince Philip 27 years old.
For the first time - at the request of his mother Queen Elizabeth II - no politicians or ministers, who traditionally had to verify the "authenticity" of a royal offspring, were present at the birth.
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2 / 25Two years later, daughter Princess Anne was born on August 15, 1950.
Only 10 years later did brother Prince Andrew follow and 14 years later did brother Prince Edward.
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3 / 25Queen Elizabeth's firstborn is the 21st Prince of Wales.
As an 11-year-old, he smiles friendly and reserved into the camera.
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4 / 25The Windsors are complete.
Charles is 15 years old and has been attending the most prestigious private schools in Great Britain since he was 6, including the elite Gordonstoun boarding school.
It was only later that it became known how much he had suffered from bullying.
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5 / 25At the end of October 1972, the whole family visits the Scottish country estate Balmoral Castle.
The entire Windsor family poses casually in the castle courtyard.
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6 / 25At 25, Charles serves as a sub-lieutenant on the bridge of the frigate Minerva in Devonport.
King Charles III
After his son's departure, he accepted the honorary military title of Captain General in the Royal Marines.
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7 / 25Charles and Diana at the official portrait at Buckingham Palace after the announcement of their engagement on February 24, 1981. © Str/dpa
8 / 25A brilliant wedding followed: On July 29, 1981, Diana and Charles exchanged vows at their wedding in St. Paul's Cathedral.
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9 / 25Despite the charming kiss scene, things looked different behind the scenes.
Diana was soon confronted with Charles' lover Camilla, and from today's perspective the marriage is considered to have been arranged.
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10 / 25But as shy as Diana initially seemed (here you can see the couple on their first trip to Germany in the Munich National Theater), it wasn't long before the princess was more interesting to people and the press than the heir to the throne, who may have felt neglected as a result.
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11 / 25All the anger was over when Diana gave birth to Prince William on June 21, 1982.
Exhausted but overjoyed, she presents the heir to the throne to the world on the steps of St. Mary's Hospital in London.
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12 / 25Baptism photo with symbolic power: Diana appears distant from the royals who have gathered for the group photo.
She looks after her baby alone, Charles looks sullenly to the side, everyone else looks straight into the camera as requested, everyone except the Queen Mum, like Diana, she only has eyes for Prince William.
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13 / 25Prince Henry completed the small family on September 15, 1984.
Just one day later, the happy parents left the clinic.
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14 / 25Prince Charles surrounded by the Spice Girls in May 1997. Celebrating the 21st anniversary of the “Prince's Trust”, a charity founded by Prince Charles.
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15 / 25The marriage of Charles and Diana can no longer be saved in 1995.
It's rare to see the two of them together, like here at Prince William's enrollment at Etan College.
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16/251996 Charles and Diana's marriage ended in divorce.
In 1997, Diana's death shocked the family and the world.
It falls to Charles to tell his children about their mother's accident.
Regarding the decision to let his sons walk behind Princess Diana's coffin, he later said: "I deeply regret it."
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17 / 25Time goes on.
On November 14, 2018, Prince Charles will celebrate his 70th birthday.
In 2005, Prince Harry and Prince William accompanied their father to Klosters, where he spent his annual skiing holiday in Monbiel.
Shortly afterwards, Charles' wedding bells ring for his second marriage to Camilla on April 9th.
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18 / 25A picture with rarity value.
The family comes together on the occasion of the big birthday.
In the gardens of Clarence House you can find Prince William (back 2nd from left), Kate (back left), their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, as well as Prince Harry (back 2nd from right) and Meghan (back right. ), Duchess of Sussex, with Camilla and Charles for a family photo.
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19 / 25During a parade on the fourth day of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Prince Louis suddenly crawls onto his grandfather Charles' knees and enchants the fans.
It's one of the rare occasions when it becomes obvious what a great Grandpa Charles is to his grandchildren.
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20 / 25Queen Elizabeth nudges Charles in the side and they both burst out laughing at the children's sack race.
At the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, royals were not only in a good mood in 2012.
The pictures also show how close mother and son were.
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21 / 25United in grief, the family walked behind the British Queen's coffin as one on September 14, 2022.
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22 / 25After seven decades, Her Majesty's reign ends with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, who was never to return alive from her country estate at Balmoral in Scotland.
The successor doesn't have much time to mourn his mother: King Charles during his inaugural speech to MPs in Westminster Hall.
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23 / 25After a rocky start thanks to expiring pens, sausage finger reports and Prince Harry's aggressive release of his memoirs, King Charles is increasingly showing what a kind person he is.
His laugh is contagious.
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24 / 25Safe on every stage: King Charles III.
welcomes Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, at Buckingham Palace during his first visit to the UK since the outbreak of the Ukraine War.
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25 / 25Charles III.
and Camilla are a well-rehearsed team like here at the state banquet for the President of South Africa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (70).
Their joint coronation on May 6th will make history.
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London – At 66, the heir to the British throne was already older than all the candidates before him.
Almost ten years later, King Charles III ascended.
(74) took over the royal seat on September 8, 2022 after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II (99, † 2022).
But even before his enthronement, Charles was considered an important modernizing figure in the British royal family.
The father of two sons, Prince William (40) and Prince Harry (38), he grew up with three siblings, is the founder of The Prince's Foundation, a passionate painter, nature lover and is married to Camilla (75) in his second marriage.
The pictures of his life.