He just can’t wait to be King! As King Charles prepares to take the throne with his coronation ceremony on May 6th, 2023, take a look back at his life with Queen Camilla.
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Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles resting after a polo match, circa 1972.
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in back seat of car after leaving the Royal Opera House, 14 Feb 1975.
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Prince Charles Talking to Camilla Parker Bowles at a Polo Match
Prince Charles Talking to Camilla Parker Bowles at a Polo Match, Cirencester Park, Britain – July 1975.
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles are seen together in late 1979 before his marriage to Diana. Clarence House has confirmed today that Charles and partner Camilla Parker-Bowles will marry, at a date expected to be circa April 6, 2005.
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Prince Charles And Camilla Parker-bowles In 1979.
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Prince Charles And Camilla Parker-bowles Leaving The Ritz Hotel In London After Attending A 50th Birthday Party For Camilla’s Sister.
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Prince Charles With Camilla Parker-bowles Leaving The Ritz Hotel In London After A Birthday Party For Her Sister, Annabel. Behind Are Her Daughter, Laura Parker-bowles And Her Son, Tom Parker Bowles Who Is Prince Charles’s Godson.
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Prince Charles (Later Charles III) and Camilla Parker Bowles (later Camilla, Queen Consort, left) at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, for a performance of ‘Animal Crackers’, London, 28th April 1999.
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles, with the crown of the Prince’s Trust symbol avove her head, attend The Prince’s Foundation Gala Dinner on June 20, 2000 in London, England.
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The Prince of Wales leaves Cirencester Polo Club with his companion Camilla Parker Bowles after playing polo. Prince Charles was playing for Highgrove, who beat Porcelanosa in The Porcelanosa Challenge Cup in aid of National Osteoporosis Society. * and the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Cheeky Chops during the match at Cirencester Polo Club.
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HRH Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles leave Canisbay Church after the Sunday service on August 8, 2004 in Canisbay, Scotland.
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Camilla Parker Bowles showing off her engagement ring, 10 FEB 2005.
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The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles arrive for a party at Windsor Castle after announcing their engagement earlier 10 February, 2005.
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Prince Charles, and The Duchess Of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles, attend the Service of Prayer and Dedication blessing their marriage at Windsor Castle on April 9, 2005 in Berkshire, England.
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HRH the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, and The Duchess Of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles in silk dress by Robinson Valentine and head-dress by Philip Treacy, with Queen Elizabeth II and other royals leave after the Service of Prayer and Dedication blessing their marriage at Windsor Castle on April 9, 2005 in Berkshire, England.
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TRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess Of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles pose in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle for the Official Wedding photograph following their marriage on April 9, 2005 in Windsor, England.
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Prince Charles wins a prize and a kiss from his wife Camilla The Duchess of Cornwall after polo at Cirencester on June 17, 2005 in Cirencester, England.
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Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, in their role as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, drink whisky from a Quaich given to them a s a wedding gift at the 2005 Mey Games at Queens Park in Mey on August 6, 2005 in Caithness, Scotland.
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TRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall pose alongside President George W. Bush and his wife Laura during a visit to the White House on the second day of their eight day visit to the US on November 2, 2005 Washington, DC.
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Patron of TY Hafan Children’s Hospice, gets a kiss from tattoo covered Linda Taylor during her visit to Highgrove, on December 20, 2007 in Gloucestershire, England.
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall watch traditional Samba dancers perform during a tour of the Marie Complexo Favela on March 12, 2009 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
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In this Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 photo Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall react as their car is attacked, in London.
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In the front row, Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Prince Philip, their eldest son Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince Harry, Prince William’s brother attend the royal wedding service of Prince William (8thL) and his bride Kate Middleton (9thL) at London’s Westminster Abbey, in central London on April 29, 2011.
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Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace on April 29, 2011 in London, England.
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The wind blows as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (L), Prince Philip (R), Prince Charles (3rd R) and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, greet US President Barack Obama (2nd L) and his wife Michelle at Buckingham Palace in London on May 24, 2011 to attend an official welcoming ceremony at the start of Obama’s official trip to Britain.
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (2L) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (L) meet US President Barack Obama (3L) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (not pictured) in the Oval Office in the White House on March 19, 2015 as part of their trip to Washington DC.
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall react as Zephyr (a bald eagle), the mascot of the Army Air Corps flaps his wings at Sandringham Flower Show on July 29, 2015 in King’s Lynn, England.
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Britain’s Prince Charles reacts after a large bumblebee briefly landed on the Prince’s pants and flew away as he handles a native tuatara lizard during a visit to the Orokonui Eco sanctuary with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, near Dunedin, New Zealand, November 5, 2015.
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Britain’s Prince Charles watches on as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall holds a knife as they visit Seppeltsfield Winery in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, November 10, 2015.
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Camilla Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles at Merlion Park for The Queen’s Commonwealth Baton Relay
Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall visit to Singapore – 30 Oct 2017.
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Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, poses for an official portrait to mark his 70th birthday in the gardens of Clarence House, with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Willliam, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in London, England, in this September 5, 2018.
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Prince Charles and wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pictured on the beach in Barbados. The Prince of Wales, 70, showed off his trim frame in floral trunks while Camilla, 71, wore an aqua-blue one-piece swimsuit. Camilla and Charles are touring the Caribbean representing the Queen at the behest of the Foreign Office.
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U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd L) and his wife Melania Trump (L) take tea with Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (2nd R) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (R) at Clarence House on June 3, 2019 in London, England.
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The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall during their visit to Waitangi Treaty Grounds, the Bay of Islands, on the fourth day of the royal visit to New Zealand on November 20, 2019.
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Ahead of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall’s 15th wedding anniversary tomorrow, we are sharing this photo of Their Royal Highnesses with The Duchess’s dogs Bluebell and Beth on Apr 8, 2020.
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales holds a pint of Guinness he has poured as he stands next to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall during a visit to The Irish Cultural Centre on March 15, 2022 in London, England. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited the Irish Cultural Centre to celebrate the Centres 25th anniversary in the run-up to St Patricks Day.
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Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla pose for a picture in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, London, Britain, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters April 4, 2023.
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