CK15
full name: Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor
birth: 1948.11.14 (Buckingham Palace, London)
father: Prince Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh
mother: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (Queen Elizabeth II)
marriage: 1981.07.29: Lady Diana Frances Spencer (St. Paul's Cathedral, London)
divorced: 1996.08.28
children: 1982: Prince William Arthur Philip Windsor
1984: Prince Henry Charles Albert Windsor
Titles and Awards
1952.02.06 Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland
1958.07.26 Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
1969.07.01 investiture as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle
1958.07.26 Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG) [installed 17 June 1968]
1958.07.26 Knight of the Order of the Thistle (KT) [installed 1977]
1973 Aide-de-Camp to the Queen (ADC)
1975.05.28 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
1977 Privy Counsellor (PC)
1981.03.28 Knight of the Order of Australia (AK)
1983 Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
Honorary Military Appointments
1969.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief , The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) [on formation]
1975.03.01 Colonel, Welsh Guards
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, The Cheshire Regiment
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, The Gordon Highlanders
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, The Parachute Regiment
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
1977.06.11 Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Brawdy [terminated 1992]
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Regiment of Canada
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, Air Reserve Group of Air Command
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
1977.06.11 Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Australian Armoured Corps
1977.06.11 Air Commodore-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Air Force
1984.08.08 Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Pacific Islands Regiment
1985.07.29 Colonel-in-Chief, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
1985.09.17 Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Canadian Dragoons
1992.03.01 Colonel-in-Chief, Army Air Corps
1992.07.01 Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Dragoon Guards [on formation]
1993.04.01 Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Valley
1994.07.01 Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Gurkha Rifles [on formation]
1994.09.01 Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) [on formation]
2001 Royal Honorary Colonel, The Queen's Own Yeomanry
Military Service
1969.08.02 Preliminary Flying Badge
1971 RAF Cranwell flying instruction
1971.08.20 RAF wings
1971.09.15 Acting Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
1973.05.01 Acting Lieutenant, Royal Navy
1976.12.15 end of active service
1977.01.01 Commander, Royal Navy
1978 parachute wings
1988.11.14 Captain, Royal Navy; Group Captain, Royal Air Force
1998.11.14 Rear Admiral, Royal Navy; Major General, Army; Air Vice Marshal, Royal Air Force
