He later attended the Royal Air Force College (distinguished aviator) and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
From 1971 to 1976 he served in the Royal Navy.
He later became an outspoken critic of modern architecture.
Charles expressed his views on the subject in A Vision of Britain (1989).
In 1992 he founded the Prince of Wales’s Architectural Institute, which later became the BRE Trust, an organization involved in urban renewal and development projects.
Family and marriage
On July 29, 1981, Charles married Lady Diana Frances Spencer, daughter of the 8th Earl Spencer.
The wedding became a global media event, televised live and watched by hundreds of millions of people.
Upon her marriage, Diana assumed the title Princess of Wales.
The couple’s first child, Prince William of Wales, was second in line to the throne at birth (21 June 1982).
Their second child, Prince Henry Charles Albert David (known as Harry), was born on September 15, 1984.
Charles’ marriage to Diana gradually fell apart due to intense media scrutiny and rumors of infidelity.
On December 9, 1992, it was announced that Charles and Diana had decided to separate but would continue to carry out their public duties and share responsibility for raising their son.
The couple divorced on August 28, 1996.
A year later, Diana died in a car accident.
On April 9, 2005, Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles (born 1947).
Camilla Parker Bowles then assumed the title of Duchess of Cornwall.
