The Prince of Wales Biography

- The baby Prince weighed 7lb 6oz.

- Charles became The Prince of Wales and the Earl of Chester at the age of nine.

- He is president of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

- He currently holds the rank of Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy, Major-General in the Army and Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force.

- He took his seat in the House of Lords in 1969, when he was 21, but could have sat in Parliament from the age of three-and-a-half. Only Dukes of Cornwall (always eldest sons of the sovereign) have this right to sit at any age.

- He speaks Welsh.