While the world waits for King Charles’s anticipated and historic coronation to take place today, May 6, 2023, let’s go back in time. See a mesmerizing collection of photos from King Charles’s early years before his accession to the throne. A touching reminder that even the King was once an innocent child and the youngest member of the British monarchy.
1953: Prince Charles with his Aunt, Princess Margaret (r) and his Grandmother, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, at the 1953 Coronation of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
1960: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with their children, Prince Andrew (centre), Princess Anne (left) and Charles, Prince of Wales sitting on a picnic rug outside Balmoral Castle in Scotland.