King Charles III is officially getting crowned as the King of England on Saturday. Here are some interesting facts about Charles and Camilla.
King Charles was born in November 1948 and posed for his first formal photograph a month later, in December 1948. The photo was taken by Cecil Beaton, and featured Charles in his crib with a 22-year-old Queen Elizabeth looking down on him smiling.
In order to honor his passion for the environment, a species of frog was named after him. In 2008, Dr. Luis A. Coloma discovered a frog in a museum and named it Hyloscirtus Princecherlesi, otherwise known as the Prince Charles Magnificent Tree Frog. King Charles was given the title"Keeper of the Cows" during a visit to Tanzania.
''We cannot steal from him, he is our friend. We will take back cows from any other person though,'' Olemirai said.King Charles became a member of the Magic Circle after he successfully auditioned in 1978. King Charles was only 3 years old when his grandfather passed away and his mom became the Queen of England in February 1952. By the time her coronation came around in June 1953, he was 4 years old and watched the ceremony alongside his aunt, Princess Margaret, and his grandmother, the Queen Mother.
"The girls are beginning to get into clothes and make-up and, you know, it’s rather frightening when you see them, coming out with pierced ears and a lot of new make-up and funny-coloured hair and stuff," she told the outlet.
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