With the death of Queen Elizabeth II , Charles, Prince of Wales, He was crowned King of Britain at the age of 73. (He will turn 74 in November). After a life in his mother's shadow, he has waited longer than any other heir to the throne for the fateful day, with the prospect of becoming the oldest Dauphin to be crowned monarch in British history.
A coronation awaited for a lifetime, and at 73 years old his destiny has been fulfilled, marked since his birth on 14 November 1948 at Buckingham Palace, when his grandfather George VI was there.
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Charles, the eternal heir
The Prince of Wales had the reputation of being the "eternal heir," a moment like his coronation that seemed never to arrive. A moment that is now arriving despite rumors of a direct passage of the scepter to his eldest son, William, a prince of the new generation who for now will serve as his right-hand man.
Indeed, in recent years, Charles has been increasingly called upon to stand in for the Queen on increasingly important occasions, including the crucial one of reading the traditional Queen's Speech in Parliament in 2022.
Marriage to Diana and Tragic Death
Charles has been at the centre of world attention for a long time, going through many difficult moments, ending up at the centre of controversy several times: from the divorce from his first wife Diana, to the tragic death of the 'people's princess' in a car accident in Paris in 1997.
Despite this, Charles seems to have overcome the difficulties without major setbacks: he managed to "normalize" his divorce and have his second marriage to his beloved Camilla accepted, but also thanks to his international public commitment to environmental protection, his attention to social issues, and his intention to rejuvenate and streamline the royal household. And now he finds himself living a "second life," with many unknowns and the responsibility of having to carry forward an institution like the monarchy in the post-modern era: safeguarding tradition while keeping pace with the times.
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