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Charles turns 70: the Prince of Wales through the years

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14 Nov 2018
Go to: Prince Charles at 70: royal’s key moments, in photos
Prince Charles, Prince Philip, the Queen and Princess Anne

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A three-year-old Prince Charles with his parents, the Queen and Prince Philip, and his younger sister Anne, in a candid family photo taken in 1951

Prince Charles and Princess Anne buried at Holkham Beach in 1957

2012 Buckingham Palace

Prince Charles at school

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Prince Charles at Cambridge

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Prince Charles walking along Downing Street, Cambridge, in 1967, as a first-year student in anthropology, archaeology and history at Trinity College

Prince Charles

The Royal talks to a comrade in 1975, while serving as a pilot in 845 Naval Air Squadron

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Young Prince Charles dancing

A youthful Charles throws some shapes while getting a lesson in soul dancing from 16-year-old Pearl Willie, a pupil at St George’s Secondary School in Maida Vale, London, in 1978

Charles Diana wedding

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The Prince at his wedding to Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in July 1981. The union produced their two sons, William and Harry, but it was not to be a happy one - the pair divorced in 1996. Diana died the following year in a car crash in Paris

Prince Charles skiing with Prince William and Prince Harry

Hitting the slopes alongside his sons, Princes William and Harry, on a skiing holiday in Whistler, Canada, in March 1998

Prince Charles and Camilla wedding

The Prince and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, leave Windsor Castle after a blessing service that followed their civil marriage at the Windsor Guildhall on 9 April 2005

Prince Charles in Afghanistan
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Prince Harry and Meghan wedding, Prince Charles
Prince Charles with Prince George, Camilla and Princess Charlotte to mark his 70th birthday.

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