Queen Elizabeth II holds Prince Charles, her first child, at his christening in 1948, prior to her coronation.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with their two young children, Princess Anne and Prince Charles, outside Balmoral Castle in September 1952. The Queen succeeded her father, George VI, in February of that year.
Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, purchased Balmoral Castle in 1846. Queen Victoria often visited with her family, especially after Albert's death—likely from typhoid fever—in 1861.
Prince Charles (centre) watches the coronation of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in the royal box at Westminster Abbey with with his aunt, Princess Margaret, and his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Prince Charles walks to Cheam School in Hampshire. The Prince of Wales transferred to the boarding school—which his father Prince Philip had once attended—at age eight.
Prince Charles at work in his room as an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Queen Elizabeth II crowns her son Charles as the Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony at Caernarvon Castle on July 1, 1969.
Prince Charles playing polo in Windsor, England, in 1979.
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at Buckingham Palace after announcing their engagement on February 24, 1981.
Prince Charles and Lady Diana at their wedding in July 1981.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana leave St. Mary's Hospital in London with newborn Prince William on June 22, 1982. William, their first-born son, was born in the Lindo Wing of the hospital on June 21.
Prince Charles, Princess Diana, and Prince William accompany Prince Harry on his first day at Mrs. Mynor's nursery school in London on September 16, 1987.
Prince Charles and his sons Prince William and Prince Harry cycle to the stables at Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
Standing with sons Prince William and Prince Harry, Prince Charles holds a program at the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey on September 6, 1997.
Prince Charles rests on the slopes with Princes William and Harry during a ski holiday in Whistler, Canada, on March 26, 1998.
Prince Charles laughs with his 17-year-old son Prince Harry after winning their charity polo match at Cirencester Park Polo Club on June 15, 2002.
Prince Charles waves with the Duchess of Cornwall, formerly Camilla Parker Bowles, as they leave St George's Chapel in Windsor, England, following the church blessing of their civil wedding ceremony on April 9, 2005.
Prince Charles accompanies Prince Harry's bride-to-be Meghan Markle as she arrives at St George's Chapel for their wedding ceremony on May 19, 2018.
Queen Elizabeth II takes her seat on the the Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords next to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, during the State Opening of Parliament in London on October 14, 2019. During this event, the queen performs her ceremonial duty of informing parliament about the government's agenda for the coming year.