Charles III
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King Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the King of the United Kingdom and various other countries where the UK monarch is Head of State.[1] He was the eldest son of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and held the heir apparent's title Prince of Wales from 1958 until 2022.
Charles has been married to his consort[2] Queen Camilla since April 2005. His previous marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales ended in divorce in August 1996. From his first marriage, Charles has two sons, William and Harry.
William's three children are George, Charlotte and Louis. Harry's two children are Archie and Lilibet. Changes were made to the rules of succession, prior to Charlotte's birth, giving daughters and sons equal precedence, so Charlotte comes immediately after her older brother George, whereas her great-aunt Princess Anne had followed her younger brother Edward.[3]
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- ↑ The Royal Family name. https://web.archive.org/web/20090215182305/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheRoyalFamilyname/Overview.aspx mirror]
- ↑ A queen consort is not a ruler in her own right and is not in line to rule.
- ↑ Andrea Diaz. How Princess Charlotte, 2, just made royal history, CNN, 2018-04-23. Retrieved on 2024-01-07. “It’s all thanks to the Succession to the Crown Act of 2013, which changed tradition to state that the gender of a royal born after October 28, 2011 does not give that person, or their descendants, precedence over anyone else in determining the next monarch.”
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