He held that title for 70 years – longer than anyone else.ħ. 71 years ago, when his grandfather died and his mother became queen, Charles became heir apparent at the age of three. Charles’s first word was said to be “nana”, addressed to his nanny, Mabel Anderson.Ħ. Charles stayed with his grandparents at Sandringham his parents missed his first steps and his first teeth.ĥ. When Charles was one year old, the Queen and Prince Philip spent Christmas in Malta, where Philip was stationed with the Royal Navy. In 2021, when Charles visited the supposed site of Jesus’ baptism on the banks of the river, he was given vials of the water for use in future royal christenings.Ĥ. At his christening, Charles was doused with water from the River Jordan. He is said to have declared that his son looked like a plum pudding.ģ. Philip was not present, and at one point, went to play squash.

His birth was the first of a senior member of the royal family not to be attended by a senior politician – to ensure that the newborn was a genuine descendant of the monarch – since the 17th century.Ģ. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948 at 9.14pm, by caesarean section, after a 30-hour labour. Prince Charles is held up by his father, Prince Philip, in 1949. In depth: From ‘excessively shy’ boy to mediocre student to monarch-in-waiting The AI tool can identify whether abnormal growths found on CT scans are cancerous and performs more efficiently than existing methods, a new study said. IS selected al-Qurashi as its leader in November 2022 after the previous leader was killed in an operation in southern Syria.Ĭancer | Doctors, scientists and researchers have built an artificial intelligence model that can accurately identify cancer in a development they say could speed up diagnosis and fast-track patients to treatment. Islamic State | Turkish intelligence forces have killed Islamic State’s leader, Abu Hussein al-Qurashi, in Syria, Turkey’s president has said. Starmer dismissed the idea that the ad was playing on racist tropes about grooming gangs. Labour party | Keir Starmer has personally defended Labour’s attack ads that accused Rishi Sunak of not wanting to see child abusers jailed. Both sides said a formal ceasefire agreement that was due to expire at midnight would be extended for a further 72 hours. Sudan | Sudan’s rival military forces have accused each other of violating a fresh ceasefire as the deadly conflict rumbles on for a third week despite warnings of a slide towards civil war.

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