- 6. For his 21st birthday Prince Charles was given a blue Aston Martin DB6 by his mother. in 2008 he had it converted to run on biofuel made partly from surplus white wine. The car was used in the wedding celebrations of William and Kate. Other cars in Prince Charles’ fleet run on electricity or biofuel derived from used cooking oil.
- 7. The 1981 wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer was watched worldwide by a television audience of 750m. There were 3,500 guests and the cost of the event was estimated at $48m.
- 8. Prince Charles’ second marriage, to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005, was a civil ceremony as both were divorcées. This made Prince Charles the first member of the UK royal family to marry outside a church.
- 9. As Prince of Wales, his full official title was His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC, ADC, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.
- 10. Throughout the Coronation Service on 6th May, Their Majesties will each be attended by four Pages of Honour. The Pages will form part of the procession through the Nave of Westminster Abbey. The King’s Pages of Honour will be His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales, Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, Master Nicholas Barclay and Master Ralph Tollemache. The Queen Consort’s Pages of Honour will be Her Majesty’s grandsons, Master Gus and Master Louis Lopes and Master Freddy Parker Bowles, and Her Majesty’s great-nephew, Master Arthur Elliot.
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