From suavely-dressed action man to tactful diplomat and tree-hugger in wellies Charles has played bewildering variety of roles in the course of his long wait to be King.
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Charles Philip Arthur George was born on November 14, 1948, at Buckingham Palace, christened in the music room by the Archbishop of Canterbury a month later.