Prince Charles, heir apparent to the British throne, turns 70 on Wednesday, November 14.
As Queen Elizabeth II’s reign stretches ever further, eyes are turning to the heir apparent to try and glean what kind of king he will be.
It’s safe to say he has not had the easiest road to sovereignty. His life in the public eye was marred irreparably by his divorce from his first wife, the much-beloved Princess Diana, who later died in a car accident.
While the Queen’s inoffensive popularity is somewhat pervasive — even perhaps among some republicans — Charles is a much more divisive royal whose supporters extoll his intelligence and passion for environmental issues and whose critics admonish him for being meddling and pampered.
“Frankly we’re very lucky he hasn’t been king, because whereas the queen has been the most exemplary monarch and has kept the monarchy much in people’s esteem, I think Charles would undermine it,” Tom Bower, author of “Rebel Prince,” an unauthorized biography, told Reuters.
“You are accused of being controversial just because you are trying to draw attention to things that aren’t necessarily part of the conventional viewpoint,” Charles said in an interview with GQ in September.
“My problem is I find there are too many things that need doing or battling on behalf of.”
Regardless of your opinion on the heir to the throne, he will — one day (almost certainly) — become king of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
He has also had an extraordinary life.
After graduating from Cambridge University in 1970, the prince embarked on his epic royal career, which began in the British military.
Scroll down to see the best photo from each of the 47 years of his royal career, ordered chronologically.
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