this has been the ascent of Carlos III to the throne after decades in the shadow of Elizabeth II

After a lifetime in the shadow of his mother, queen elizabeth ii, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, is crowned as British King at the age of 73, after his predecessor has died at the age of 96 and after just over 70 years of reign. When the doctors have certified the death of the hitherto queen, a transfer of title automatically occurs to avoid a power vacuum.

Thus, with the well-known phrase “the queen is dead, long live the king”, Carlos becomes the new monarch of the United Kingdom, while Prince William becomes heir to the British crown after the death of his grandmother.

Carlos, born in London in November 1948 under the secular name of Charles Philip Arthur Georgeattended his mother’s coronation when he was just three years old, immediately becoming Duke of Cornwall, a title that the British crown grants to the heirs to the throne.

In 1955, when he was seven years old, heQueen Elizabeth II and her husband Felipethe Duke of Edinburgh, agreed that Carlos attend the school in person, thus breaking with the tradition that the heirs to the throne were assigned a personal tutor.

Educated in England and Scotland, the Prince of Wales was also on exchange in 1966 at Timbertop, an educational center in Melbourne, Australia. Later in 1967 he entered Cambridge University to study archeology and anthropology, switching to history two years later.

Trained as a British aviation pilot, the Royal Air Force (RAF)Carlos finally chose to start a naval career in the Royal Navy Collegefollowing in the footsteps of his father, his grandfather and two of his great-grandfathers.

Marriage with Diana Spencer and Camila Parker

At the age of 33, Prince Charles married the aristocrat Diana Spencerthus culminating a brief courtship with a ceremony that was broadcast by the media and was seen by 750 million people.

The following year, in 1982, Diana gave birth to their first child, Prince William, and just two years later, in September 1984, her brother, prince henry

After eleven years of marriage and known for their numerous tours abroad, the princes of Welsh they announced their separation and, later, already in August 1996, the divorce was certified.

Despite the separation, Diana was still considered part of the British Royal Family, therefore residing in the kensington palacefulfilling his agenda and carrying out his public work with charities.

In August 1997, when Diana was on a trip to Paris, He was in a car accident in which he lost his life.after which Carlos moved to the French capital to recover the body of his ex-wife and transfer it to London.

After the tragedy, the Prince of Wales asked the media to respect the privacy of his family, especially that of his sons William and Henry, who at that time were barely 15 and twelve years old, respectively. One of the main objectives of the heir was to ensure that his children could enjoy a certain normality during their school period.

After announcing his separation from Diana, Carlos confirmed a romantic relationship with Camila Parkerwhom he had known for years. In fact, the heir gave an interview to the BBC in 1994 where he confirmed that he had been unfaithful to Diana with Camila.

This episode, added to the marital problems that also faced the relationships of his brothers, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew, led to a sharp drop in the popularity of the monarchy.

Finally, after decades of courtship, the couple married in April 2005 in a civil ceremony held in Windsor and with nearly 800 guests. After this moment Camila became recognized as the Duchess of Cornwall.

greater prominence

In recent years, after decades in the shadow of his mother, the Prince carlos It has been gaining more prominence in official acts as the queen added years and was affected by her health problems.

One of the last interventions of Carlos replacing the queen was at the opening ceremony of the United Kingdom Parliament, held in May 2022. Elizabeth II was absent alleging “mobility problems”, although, according to Buckingham Palace, her non-appearance was decided at the last hour.

However, as Queen Elizabeth has been getting older and the enthronement of Charles has been glimpsed, the British population has been losing its affinity with the monarchy. In the latest survey conducted by the firm YouGov on the occasion of Queen’s Platinum Jubileeit is noted that support for the krona has declined by more than thirteen percent in the last decade.

The demoscopic study indicates that the population related to the crown has gone from a 75 percent in 2021 to 62 percent in 2022. All this added to the fact that more than a fifth of those surveyed consider that the United Kingdom should have a democratically elected head of state to replace the monarchy.