PEOPLE Royals Prince Charles
Prince Charles • THE FUTURE KING An Intimate Portrait
The Kind of King He’ll Be • He’s an opinionated thinker, a climate activist, a patriarch facing family drama—and a not bad dancer. How might he reign?
The Influencers • From the family members with whom he was closest as a boy to the brain trust and celebrities who now have his ear, these people have, each in their own way, helped make Charles the man he is today
Crowning Achievement • A coronation requires deep and detailed planning, and Charles’s someday ceremony is already being laid out. Here’s a look inside the ancient rite—and how it might be made modern
New Addresses • The current Prince of Wales will become King Charles, right? Not necessarily. Here, our predictions of title—and name—changes for the royal family in its next Monarchical Era
A Young Prince • Born to inherit his mother’s daunting role and to be schooled at his father’saustere alma maters, young Charles would forge new milestones, including becoming the first heir to attend elementary school with commoners
Rising Son • As a young man, Charles took his place as a working royal, serving in the Navy and traveling the globe on behalf of the Crown. He also found time to enjoy being one of the world’s most eligible bachelors
The Diana Years • Even before the Wedding of the Century, the world fell hard for Lady Diana Spencer. But the groom still had feelings for someone else and found himself in the role of the cad to the People’s Princess
A Father’s Journey • Charles has maintained a complex bond with sons William and Harry, forged in blood and duty, and at times frayed by scandal and sorrow
Camilla’s Evolution • No map shows the way from the center of a scandal to a place in royal history. The Duchess of Cornwall drew her own
Coming to America • Charles, who has popped across the pond regularly since 1970, savors a special relationship with both the United States and Canada
Their Lives Now • Whatever the future may hold, Charles and Camilla know that today means royal duties, family and time for each other
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