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Charles: Encyclopedia II - Charles, Prince of Wales - Birth

The Prince of Wales was born on November 14, 1948 at Buckingham Palace, London. His father is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, eldest son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg. At the time of his birth, his mother was The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, the elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. His mother was first in the line of succession to the British throne at the time of the Prince's birth. The Prince was baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on 15 December 1948 by the Archbish ...

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Charles - List of nobility having Charles as first name

Charles - Other people named Charles

Charles - Fictional Characters

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Charles: Encyclopedia II - Charles, Prince of Wales - Media appearances

Charles appears in Tom Clancy's bestseller "Patriot Games" (1987) as the target of an assassination attempt. In the later film version however, the character was extensively rewritten with his name and rank changed. In 2000, he made an appearance in the UK soap, Coronation Street to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary on ITV1. In 2005, Prince Charles appeared as himself in New Zealand adult cartoon series Bro'Town. The episode aired on TV3 on Wednesday 26 October and was the final episode in the second series of the popular s ...

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1994 - November-December

1994 - Nobel Prizes

1994 - Fields Medalists

1994 - Templeton Prize

1994 - Right Livelihood Award

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Charles: Encyclopedia II - War of the Waleses - Background

On 29 July 1981, The Prince of Wales and the Lady Diana Spencer were married at St Paul's Cathedral before 3,500 invited guests and an estimated 750 million people around the world. All of Europe's crowned heads attended (except for Juan Carlos of Spain, who was advised not to attend because the couple's honeymoon would involve a stop-over in the disputed territory of Gibraltar). So, too, did most of Europe's elected heads of state, with the notable exceptions of Karamanlis of Greece, who declined to go because Greece's exiled King, Constant ...

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1981 - August-October

1981 - November-December

1981 - July-September

1981 - October-December

1981 - Deaths

1981 - Nobel Prizes

1981 - Templeton Prize

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Charles: Encyclopedia II - Diocletian - Diocletian's reforms

His position secure, a remarkable feat after over fifty years of internal instability that nearly saw the collapse of the Roman Empire (what has become known as the Crisis of the Third Century), Diocletian believed that going forward under the current system of Roman Imperial government was unsustainable. He initiated a number of reforms to prevent a return to the anarchy of previous generations and maintain the viability of the Empire. These included splitting the Empire into two in order to be more manageable, creating a new system of Impe ...

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Charles: Encyclopedia - 1948

1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1948 - Events. 1948 - January-February. January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution. January 4 - Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom. January 5 - Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tou ...

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1948 - Events

1948 - January-February

1948 - March-April

1948 - May

1948 - June-July

1948 - August-December

1948 - Undated

1948 - Unknown date

1948 - Births

1948 - January-February

1948 - March-April

1948 - May-July

1948 - August-December

1948 - Unknown date

1948 - Deaths

1948 - Nobel Prizes

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Charles: Encyclopedia - 2005 in music

See also: 2005 in music (UK) 2005 in music (Switzerland) Other events of 2005 List of 'years in music' 2000s in music 2005 in music - Events. January 22 - Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Madonna, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Sno ...