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'''Charles III''' (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is [[King of the United Kingdom]] and the 14 other [[Commonwealth realm]]s since 8 September 2022.{{efn|name=realms|
Charles was born in [[Buckingham Palace]] during the reign of his maternal grandfather, [[King George VI]], and became [[heir apparent]] when his mother, [[Queen Elizabeth II]], acceded to the throne in 1952. He was created [[Prince of Wales]] in 1958 and [[Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales|his investiture]] was held in 1969. He was educated at [[Cheam School]] and [[Gordonstoun]], and later spent six months at the [[Timbertop]] campus of [[Geelong Grammar School]] in Victoria, Australia. After completing a history degree from the [[University of Cambridge]], Charles served in the [[Royal Air Force]] and the [[Royal Navy]] from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer|he married]] [[Lady Diana Spencer]]. They had two sons, [[William, Prince of Wales|William]] and [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Harry]]. Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash]] the following year. In 2005, [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles|Charles married]] his long-term partner, [[Camilla Parker Bowles]].
As heir apparent, Charles undertook official duties and engagements on behalf of his mother and represented the United Kingdom on visits abroad. He founded [[
Charles became king upon [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|his mother's death]] in 2022. At the age of 73, he was the oldest person to accede to the British throne, after having been the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales in British history. Significant events in his reign have included [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|his coronation]] in 2023 and his cancer diagnosis the following year, the latter of which temporarily suspended planned public engagements.{{toc limit|4}}
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[[File:Elizabeth, Philip, Charles and Anne.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|With his parents and sister Anne, October 1957|alt=A young Prince Charles with his mother, Elizabeth II; his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; and his sister, Princess Anne]]
In his 1994 authorised biography by [[Jonathan Dimbleby]], Charles's parents were described as physically and emotionally distant and Philip was blamed for his disregard of Charles's sensitive nature, including forcing him to attend Gordonstoun, where he was bullied.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rocco |first=Fiammetta |date=18 October 1994 |title=Flawed Family: This week the Prince of Wales disclosed still powerful resentments against his mother and father |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/flawed-family-this-week-the-prince-of-wales-disclosed-still-powerful-resentments-against-his-mother-and-father-but-they-also-suffered-in-their-early-years-fiammetta-rocco-delves-into-the-royal-childhoods-that-went-1443791.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216032258/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/flawed-family-this-week-the-prince-of-wales-disclosed-still-powerful-resentments-against-his-mother-and-father-but-they-also-suffered-in-their-early-years-fiammetta-rocco-delves-into-the-royal-childhoods-that-went-1443791.html |archive-date=16 February 2022 |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=[[The Independent (UK)]] |publisher=Independent Digital News & Media Ltd |issn=1741-9743 |oclc=185201487}}</ref> Though Charles reportedly described Gordonstoun, noted for its especially rigorous curriculum, as "[[
Charles broke royal tradition when he proceeded straight to university after his A-levels, rather than joining the [[British Armed Forces]].<ref name=debrett/> In October 1967, he was admitted to [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he studied [[archaeology]] and [[anthropology]] for the first part of the [[Tripos]] and then switched to [[Faculty of History, University of Cambridge|history]] for the second part.<ref name=PoWsite/><ref name=powedu/><ref>{{Harvnb|Brandreth|p=151|2007}}</ref> During his second year, he attended the [[University College of Wales]] in [[Aberystwyth]], studying [[Welsh history]] and the [[Welsh language]] for one term.<ref name=powedu/> Charles became the first British heir apparent to earn a university degree, graduating in June 1970 from the [[University of Cambridge]] with a [[British undergraduate degree classification|2:2]] Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.<ref name=powedu/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Fiona |date=10 September 2022 |title=God Save The King! |url=https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/god-save-the-king |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914213129/https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/god-save-the-king |archive-date=14 September 2022 |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=Trinity College Cambridge}}</ref> Following standard practice, in August 1975, his Bachelor of Arts was promoted to a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|Master of Arts]] (MA Cantab) degree.<ref name=powedu/>
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In 1965 Charles undertook his first public engagement by attending a student garden party at the [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]].<ref name="coronation-facts">{{Cite web |title=100 Coronation facts |url=https://www.royal.uk/100-coronation-facts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501155413/https://www.royal.uk/100-coronation-facts |archive-date=1 May 2023 |access-date=1 May 2023 |publisher=Royal Household}}</ref> During his time as Prince of Wales, he undertook official duties on behalf of the Queen,<ref name="nytimes-charlesgothrone-sept82022"/> completing 10,934 engagements between 2002 and 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 April 2023|title=King Charles averages 521 royal engagements per year, but Princess Anne does even more, according to a new report|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/princess-anne-more-royal-engagements-than-king-charles-report-2023-4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326031304/https://www.businessinsider.com/princess-anne-more-royal-engagements-than-king-charles-report-2023-4 |archive-date=26 March 2024 |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]|url-status=live}}</ref> He officiated at [[investiture]]s and attended the funerals of foreign dignitaries.{{Sfn|Brandreth|p=325|2007}} Charles made regular tours of Wales, fulfilling a week of engagements each summer, and attending important national occasions, such as opening the [[Senedd building|Senedd]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opening of the Senedd |url=http://www.assemblywales.org/visiting/about_us-assembly_history_buildings/senedd_history/sen-projecthistory/sen-project-history-subpage/sen-project-history-openeing-the-senedd.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810023045/http://www.assemblywales.org/visiting/about_us-assembly_history_buildings/senedd_history/sen-projecthistory/sen-project-history-subpage/sen-project-history-openeing-the-senedd.htm |archive-date=10 August 2014 |access-date=8 August 2014 |publisher=National Assembly for Wales}}</ref> The six trustees of the [[Royal Collection Trust]] met three times a year under his chairmanship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Administration |url=http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/about/administration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006030309/http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/about/administration |archive-date=6 October 2012 |access-date=19 April 2013 |publisher=The Royal Collection Trust}}</ref> Charles also represented his mother at the independence celebrations in Fiji in 1970,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Trumbull |first=Robert |date=10 October 1970 |title=Fiji Raises the Flag of Independence After 96 Years of Rule by British |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/10/archives/fiji-raises-the-flag-of-independence-after-96-years-of-rule-by.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910004715/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/10/archives/fiji-raises-the-flag-of-independence-after-96-years-of-rule-by.html |archive-date=10 September 2022 |oclc=1645522}}</ref> The Bahamas in 1973,<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 1973 |title=1973: Bahamas' sun sets on British Empire |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/9/newsid_2498000/2498835.stm |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201022831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/9/newsid_2498000/2498835.stm |archive-date=1 February 2008}}</ref> Papua New Guinea in 1975,<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 September 1975 |title=Papua New Guinea Celebrates Independence |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/16/archives/papua-new-guinea-celebrates-independence-papua-new-guinea-is.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910033448/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/16/archives/papua-new-guinea-celebrates-independence-papua-new-guinea-is.html |archive-date=10 September 2022 |oclc=1645522}}</ref> Zimbabwe in 1980,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Jay |date=18 April 1980 |title=Zimbabwe gains independence |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/04/18/zimbabwe-gains-independence/185c3573-e9e4-4d3a-9dce-5fe89bf04605 |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204220551/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/04/18/zimbabwe-gains-independence/185c3573-e9e4-4d3a-9dce-5fe89bf04605 |archive-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> and Brunei in 1984.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wedel |first=Paul |date=22 February 1984 |title=Brunei celebrated its independence from Britain Thursday with traditional... |publisher=[[UPI]] |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/02/22/Brunei-celebrated-its-independence-from-Britain-Thursday-with-traditional/6194446274000 |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219232834/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/02/22/Brunei-celebrated-its-independence-from-Britain-Thursday-with-traditional/6194446274000 |archive-date=19 February 2022}}</ref>
In 1983 [[Christopher John Lewis]], who had fired a shot with a [[.22 rifle]] at the Queen in 1981, attempted to escape a psychiatric hospital in order to assassinate Charles, who was visiting New Zealand with Diana and William.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ainge Roy |first=Eleanor |date=13 January 2018 |title='Damn ... I missed': the incredible story of the day the Queen was nearly shot |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/13/queen-elizabeth-assassination-attempt-new-zealand-1981 |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301120257/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/13/queen-elizabeth-assassination-attempt-new-zealand-1981 |archive-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> While Charles was visiting Australia on [[Australia Day]] in January 1994, [[David Kang]] fired two shots at him from a [[starting pistol]] in protest of the treatment of several hundred Cambodian asylum seekers held in detention camps.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=John |date=12 May 1994 |title=Cambodian Refugees |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA19940512014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120531/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA19940512014 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |website=New South Wales Legislative Assembly Hansard |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales}}; {{Cite news |date=27 January 1994 |title=Student fires 2 blanks at Prince Charles |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-27-mn-15986-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812170551/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-27/news/mn-15986_1_britain-s-prince-charles |archive-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> In 1995
[[File:20151104 OH H1013410 0003 (22461157447).jpg|thumb|left|Charles's ninth tour of New Zealand, November 2015|alt=Charles shaking hands with a crowd]]
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[[Charles and Camilla's coronation]] took place at Westminster Abbey on 6 May 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 October 2022 |title=Coronation on 6 May for King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63172425 |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011170432/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63172425 |archive-date=11 October 2022}}</ref> Plans had been made for many years, under the code name ''Operation Golden Orb''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mahler |first=Kevin |date=14 February 2022 |title=Ghosts? Here's the true tale of things that go bump in the night |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghosts-heres-the-true-tale-of-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night-66z03ktfc |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028081448/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghosts-heres-the-true-tale-of-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night-66z03ktfc |archive-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>{{sfn|Pepinster|2022}} Reports before his accession suggested that Charles's coronation would be simpler than his mother's in 1953,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Nicholl |first=Katie|date=11 October 2022|archive-date=11 October 2022|access-date=28 May 2024|title=King Charles is planning a smaller coronation, but it will still be a "spectacle"|magazine=Vanity Fair|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/king-charles-smaller-coronation-still-be-a-spectacle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011184326/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/king-charles-smaller-coronation-still-be-a-spectacle|url-status=live}}</ref> with the ceremony expected to be "shorter, smaller, less expensive, and more representative of different faiths and community groups{{snd}}falling in line with the King's wish to reflect the ethnic diversity of modern Britain".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arasteh |first=Amira |date=23 September 2022 |title=King Charles III coronation: When is he officially crowned and what happens next? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/23/king-charles-iii-coronation-when-officially-crowned-what-happens |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923062731/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/23/king-charles-iii-coronation-when-officially-crowned-what-happens |archive-date=23 September 2022 |access-date=23 September 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}; {{cite news |last1=Dixon |first1=Hayley |last2=Gurpreet |first2=Narwan |date=13 September 2022 |title=Coronation for the cost of living crisis as King expresses wish for 'good value' |work=The Times |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/13/charles-coronation-prince-king-monarchy-when-plans-cost-living |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925093146/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/13/charles-coronation-prince-king-monarchy-when-plans-cost-living |archive-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> Nonetheless, the coronation was a [[Church of England]] rite, including the [[coronation oath]], the [[anointment]], delivery of the [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom#Orbs|orb]], and [[enthronement]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 September 2022 |title=King Charles III, the new monarch |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59135132 |url-status=live |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920002123/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59135132 |archive-date=20 September 2022}}</ref> In July that year, the royal couple attended a [[Presentation of the Honours of Scotland to Charles III|national service of thanksgiving]] where Charles was presented with the [[Honours of Scotland]] in [[St Giles' Cathedral]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 2023 |title=King Charles III: Special Edinburgh day ends with gun salute and flypast |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66098124 |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801060822/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66098124 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In July 2023, Charles asked for the profits from Britain's growing fleet of offshore windfarms to be used for the "wider public good" rather than as extra funding for the monarchy. It was announced that the funding of the monarchy would be reduced to 12 per cent of the [[Crown Estate]]'s net profits.<ref>{{Cite news|date= 29
In November 2022 the King and Queen hosted the South African president, [[Cyril Ramaphosa]], during the first official state visit to Britain of Charles III’s reign.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 2022 |title=King Charles III welcomes S. African leader for state visit |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/british-politics-king-charles-iii-queen-elizabeth-ii-entertainment-london-3de1a8b0b71935a6ab53b6e2be561dc4 |first=Danica |last=Kirka |access-date=21 September 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325082032/https://apnews.com/article/british-politics-king-charles-iii-queen-elizabeth-ii-entertainment-london-3de1a8b0b71935a6ab53b6e2be561dc4 |url-status=live }}</ref> In March the following year, the King and Queen embarked on a state visit to Germany; Charles became the first British monarch to address the [[Bundestag]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 March 2023 |title=King Charles becomes first British monarch to address German parliament |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/europe/king-charles-germany-day-two-intl/index.html |first1=Lauren |last1=Said-Moorhouse |first2=Max |last2=Foster |access-date=21 September 2023 |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927195727/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/europe/king-charles-germany-day-two-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, in September, he became the first British monarch to give a speech from France's Senate chamber during [[State visit by Charles III to France|his state visit to the country]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 September 2023 |title=King Charles makes historic speech at French senate as he hails 'indispensable' UK-France relationship |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/21/europe/king-charles-france-visit-senate-intl/index.html |first1=Lauren |last1=Said-Moorhouse |access-date=21 September 2023 |archive-date=21 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921181920/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/21/europe/king-charles-france-visit-senate-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The following month, Charles [[State visit by Charles III to Kenya|visited Kenya]] where he faced pressure to apologise for British colonial actions. In a speech at the state banquet, he acknowledged "abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence", but did not formally apologise.<ref name="KenyaBanquetSpeech">{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=Max |last2=Feleke |first2=Bethlehem |last3=Said-Moorhouse |first3=Lauren |title=King Charles acknowledges Kenya's colonial-era suffering but stops short of apologizing |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/01/africa/king-charles-kenya-colonial-suffering-intl/index.html|work=CNN |date=November 2023|access-date=6 February 2024|archive-date=1 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201053501/https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/01/africa/king-charles-kenya-colonial-suffering-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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[[File:2024 Royal Visit Sydney (4).jpg|thumb|With Camilla in front of the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]], 2024]]
In October 2024, the King and Queen [[2024 royal tour of Australia|toured Australia]] and Samoa; it was their first visit to a Commonwealth realm since his accession.<ref>{{cite news |title= King Charles III and Queen Camilla land in Sydney, marking first visit by reigning king to Australia |url=https://
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In Charles's 1989 book ''[[A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture|A Vision of Britain]]'', and in speeches and essays, he has been critical of modern architecture, arguing that traditional designs and methods should guide contemporary ones.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Capps |first=Kriston |date=9 September 2022 |title=King Charles III, City Maker |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-09/king-charles-iii-was-once-a-prince-with-a-passion-for-urban-planning |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=Bloomberg |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516070348/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-09/king-charles-iii-was-once-a-prince-with-a-passion-for-urban-planning |url-status=live }}</ref> He has continued to campaign for traditional urbanism, human scale, restoration of historic buildings, and sustainable design<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Prince of Wales Accepts Vincent Scully Prize |work=artdaily.com |url=http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=15419&int_modo=1 |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523221124/http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=15419&int_modo=1 |archive-date=23 May 2013}}</ref> despite criticism in the press.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harper |first=Phineas |date=21 September 2022 |title=King Charles's endless meddling in architectural politics has accomplished nothing |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/21/king-charles-architectural-politics-prince-profit-poundbury-paisley-perspectives |url-status=live |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020104323/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/21/king-charles-architectural-politics-prince-profit-poundbury-paisley-perspectives |archive-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> Two of his charities{{snd}}[[the Prince's Regeneration Trust]] and [[the Prince's Foundation for Building Community]], which were later merged into one charity{{snd}}promote his views. The village of [[Poundbury]] was built on land owned by the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] to a master plan by [[Léon Krier]], under the guidance of Charles and in line with his philosophy.<ref name=planetizen/> In 2013 developments for the suburb of [[Nansledan]] began on the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall with Charles's endorsement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Hugh |date=30 June 2019 |title=Exclusive: Prince Charles, the new Poundbury and his manifesto to solve the housing crisis |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/exclusive-prince-charles-the-new-poundbury-and-his-manifesto-to-solve-the-housing-crisis-6v57bz09m |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806144113/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/exclusive-prince-charles-the-new-poundbury-and-his-manifesto-to-solve-the-housing-crisis-6v57bz09m |url-status=live }}</ref> Charles helped purchase [[Dumfries House]] and its complete collection of 18th century furnishings in 2007, taking a £20m loan from his charitable trust to contribute toward the £45m cost.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cramb |first=Auslan |date=28 June 2007 |title=Charles saves Dumfries House at 11th hour |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1555879/Charles-saves-Dumfries-House-at-11th-hour.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613032918/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1555879/Charles-saves-Dumfries-House-at-11th-hour.html |archive-date=13 June 2008}}</ref> The house and gardens remain property of the Prince's Foundation and serve as a museum and community and skills training centre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foyle |first=Johnathan |date=27 June 2014 |title=Dumfries House: training the unemployed |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8e7fbb8a-f7c9-11e3-90fa-00144feabdc0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213123428/https://www.ft.com/content/8e7fbb8a-f7c9-11e3-90fa-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=13 December 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023 |newspaper=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2017 |title=Prince Charles to build wellbeing centre at Dumfries House |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/prince-charles-build-wellbeing-centre-dumfries-house-1444993 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007062410/https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/prince-charles-build-wellbeing-centre-dumfries-house-1444993 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023 |newspaper=The Scotsman}}</ref> This led to the development of [[Knockroon]], called the "Scottish Poundbury".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freyberg |first=Annabel |date=27 May 2011 |title=Dumfries House: a Sleeping Beauty brought back to life by the Prince of Wales |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/8533968/Dumfries-House-a-Sleeping-Beauty-brought-back-to-life-by-the-Prince-of-Wales.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530002701/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/8533968/Dumfries-House-a-Sleeping-Beauty-brought-back-to-life-by-the-Prince-of-Wales.html |archive-date=30 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marrs |first=Colin |date=16 September 2016 |title=Prince Charles's stalled 'Scottish Poundbury' under scrutiny |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/prince-charless-stalled-scottish-poundbury-under-scrutiny |access-date=4 May 2023 |magazine=Architect's Journal |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206083826/https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/prince-charless-stalled-scottish-poundbury-under-scrutiny |url-status=live }}</ref>
After lamenting in 1996 the unbridled destruction of many of Canada's historic urban cores, Charles offered his assistance to the [[Department of Canadian Heritage]] in creating a trust modelled on Britain's [[National Trust]], a plan that was implemented with the passage of the [[2007 Canadian federal budget|federal budget in 2007]].<ref>{{Cite book |series=Department of Finance |url=http://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/pdf/bp2007e.pdf |title=The Budget Plan 2007: Aspire to a Stronger, Safer, Better Canada |date=19 March 2007 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |page=99 |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612210045/http://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/pdf/bp2007e.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999
Whilst visiting the US and surveying the damage caused by [[Hurricane Katrina]], Charles received the [[National Building Museum]]'s [[Vincent Scully Prize]] in 2005 for his efforts in regard to architecture; he donated $25,000 of the prize money towards restoring storm-damaged communities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hales |first=Linda |date=26 October 2005 |title=Prince Charles to Accept Scully Prize at Building Museum |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501514.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002651/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501514.html |archive-date=5 March 2016}}; {{Cite web |title=The Prince of Wales Accepts Vincent Scully Prize |url=http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=15419&int_modo=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523221124/http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=15419&int_modo=1 |archive-date=23 May 2013 |access-date=19 April 2013 |publisher=artdaily.com}}</ref> For his work as patron of New Classical architecture, Charles was awarded the 2012 [[Driehaus Architecture Prize]] from the [[University of Notre Dame]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2012 |title=Prince Charles honored for his architectural patronage |url=https://news.nd.edu/news/prince-charles-honored-for-his-architectural-patronage |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824124603/https://news.nd.edu/news/prince-charles-honored-for-his-architectural-patronage |archive-date=24 August 2020 |access-date=4 October 2017 |publisher=Notre Dame News}}</ref> The [[Worshipful Company of Carpenters]] installed Charles as an Honorary Liveryman "in recognition of his interest in London's architecture."<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.thecarpenterscompany.co.uk/pages/about_us/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717001302/http://www.thecarpenterscompany.co.uk/pages/about_us/default.aspx |archive-date=17 July 2012 |access-date=17 June 2012 |website=Carpenters' Company website}}</ref>
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Charles has controversially championed [[alternative medicine]], including [[homeopathy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Feder |first=Barnaby J. |date=9 January 1985 |title=More Britons Trying Holistic Medicine |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/09/garden/more-britons-trying-holistic-medicine.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601212116/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/09/garden/more-britons-trying-holistic-medicine.html |archive-date=1 June 2013 |oclc=1645522}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He first publicly expressed his interest in the topic in December 1982, in an address to the [[British Medical Association]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bower |first=Tom |title=The Rebel Prince, The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles |date=2018 |publisher=William Collins |isbn=978-0-00-829173-0 |location=London |chapter="Chapter 6" |author-link=Tom Bower}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |author=The Prince of Wales |date=December 2012 |title=Integrated health and post modern medicine |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine |volume=105 |issue=12 |pages=496–498 |doi=10.1258/jrsm.2012.12k095 |pmc=3536513 |pmid=23263785 | issn=0141-0768 }}; {{Cite web |last=Hamilton-Smith |first=Anthony |date=9 April 1990 |title=Medicine: Complementary and Conventional Treatments |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1990-04-09/debates/6296182a-aae3-4b12-af8d-725a4f1f5325/MedicineComplementaryAndConventionaltreatments |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913190402/https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1990-04-09/debates/6296182a-aae3-4b12-af8d-725a4f1f5325/MedicineComplementaryAndConventionaltreatments |archive-date=13 September 2022 |access-date=13 September 2022}}; {{cite web |last=Rainey |first=Sarah |date=12 November 2013 |title=Prince Charles and homeopathy: crank or revolutionary? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10433939/Prince-Charles-and-homeopathy-crank-or-revolutionary.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214095738/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10433939/Prince-Charles-and-homeopathy-crank-or-revolutionary.html |archive-date=14 February 2021 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |quote=}}</ref> This speech was seen as "combative" and "critical" of modern medicine and was met with anger by some medical professionals.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Rawlins |first=Richard |date=March 2013 |title=Response to HRH |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine |volume=106 |issue=3 |pages=79–80 |doi=10.1177/0141076813478789 |pmc=3595413 |pmid=23481428 |quote=}}; {{Cite book |last=Ernst |first=Edzard |title=Charles, the alternative prince an unauthorised biography |date=2022 |publisher=Imprint Academic |isbn=978-1-78836-070-8}}; {{Cite journal |last=Weissmann |first=Gerald |date=September 2006 |title=Homeopathy: Holmes, Hogwarts, and the Prince of Wales |journal=The FASEB Journal |volume=20 |issue=11 |pages=1755–1758 |doi=10.1096/fj.06-0901ufm |pmid=16940145 |s2cid=9305843 |quote=|doi-access=free }}</ref> Similarly, [[the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health]] (FIH) attracted opposition from the scientific and medical community over its campaign encouraging [[general practitioner]]s to offer [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] and other alternative treatments to NHS patients.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carr-Brown |first=Jonathon |date=14 August 2005 |title=Charles's 'alternative GP' campaign stirs anger |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charless-alternative-gp-campaign-stirs-anger-zlq9rbk9ndf |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192659/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charless-alternative-gp-campaign-stirs-anger-zlq9rbk9ndf |archive-date=22 June 2018}} {{Subscription required}}</ref><ref name="guardian-coffee-cancer">{{Cite news |last=Revill |first=Jo |date=27 June 2004 |title=Now Charles backs coffee cure for cancer |work=[[The Observer]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jun/27/themonarchy.medicineandhealth |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927115424/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jun/27/themonarchy.medicineandhealth |archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref>
In April 2008, ''The Times'' published a letter from [[Edzard Ernst]],
Charles's Duchy Originals produced a variety of complementary medicinal products, including a "Detox Tincture" that Ernst denounced as "financially exploiting the vulnerable" and "outright [[quackery]]".<ref name="TelegraphAltMed">{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Tim |date=31 October 2009 |title=Prince Charles lobbies Andy Burnham on complementary medicine for NHS |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/6474595/Prince-Charles-lobbies-Andy-Burnham-on-complementary-medicine-for-NHS.html |url-status=live |access-date=1 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327154332/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/6474595/Prince-Charles-lobbies-Andy-Burnham-on-complementary-medicine-for-NHS.html |archive-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> Charles personally wrote at least seven letters<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colquhoun |first=David |author-link=David Colquhoun |date=12 March 2007 |title=HRH 'meddling in politics' |url=http://www.dcscience.net/?p=89 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115065128/http://www.dcscience.net/?p=89 |archive-date=15 November 2010 |access-date=6 November 2009 |publisher=DC's Improbable Science}}</ref> to the [[Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency]] shortly before it relaxed the rules governing labelling of such herbal products, a move that was widely condemned by scientists and medical bodies.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hawkes |first1=Nigel |last2=Henderson |first2=Mark |date=1 September 2006 |title=Doctors attack natural remedy claims |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/doctors-attack-natural-remedy-claims-mchf8nkw22j |url-status=live |access-date=22 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622193109/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/doctors-attack-natural-remedy-claims-mchf8nkw22j |archive-date=22 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> It was reported in October 2009 that Charles had lobbied the health secretary, [[Andy Burnham]], regarding greater provision of alternative treatments in the NHS.<ref name=TelegraphAltMed/>
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[[Laurens van der Post]] became a friend of Charles in 1977; he was dubbed Charles's "spiritual guru" and was godfather to Prince William.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garner |first=Clare |date=17 December 1996 |title=Prince's guru dies aged 90 |work=The Independent (UK) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/princes-guru-dies-aged-90-1314900.html |url-status=live |access-date=31 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220174006/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/princes-guru-dies-aged-90-1314900.html |archive-date=20 December 2012}}</ref> From van der Post, Charles developed a focus on philosophy and an interest in other religions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1996 |title=S African author Laurens van der Post dies in London |publisher=Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/s-african-author-laurens-van-der-post-dies-in-london-1.116819 |url-status=live |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308220846/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/s-african-author-laurens-van-der-post-dies-in-london-1.116819 |archive-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> Charles expressed his philosophical views in his 2010 book, ''[[Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 January 2012 |title=Review: In Harmony with a Philosopher King |publisher=Wessex School Of Philosophy |first1=Raymond |last1=Payne |url=http://www.philosophyinwessex.org/in-harmony-with-a-philosophy-king |url-status=dead |access-date=30 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808035942/http://www.philosophyinwessex.org/in-harmony-with-a-philosophy-king |archive-date=8 August 2014 |postscript=; }} {{Cite news |date=29 March 2013 |title=It's time for harmony between science and spirituality |publisher=Positive News |first1=Paul |last1=Fletcher |url=http://positivenews.org.uk/2013/wellbeing/spirit/11760/its-time-harmony-science-spirituality |url-status=dead |access-date=30 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808033717/http://positivenews.org.uk/2013/wellbeing/spirit/11760/its-time-harmony-science-spirituality |archive-date=8 August 2014 |postscript=; }} {{Cite news |date=6 December 2010 |title=Books of the Year – Harmony and Farundell |website=Philip Carr-Gomm |url=https://philipcarr-gomm.com/books-of-the-year-harmony-and-farundell/ |access-date=30 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200924011005/https://philipcarr-gomm.com/books-of-the-year-harmony-and-farundell/ |archive-date=
In his 1994 documentary with Dimbleby, Charles said that, when king, he wished to be seen as a "defender of faith", rather than the British monarch's traditional title of ''[[Defender of the Faith]]'', "preferr[ing] to embrace all religious traditions and 'the pattern of the divine, which I think is in all of us.{{'"}}<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kevin |last2=Boorstein |first2=Michelle |date=13 September 2022 |title=King Charles III may bring new approach to 'Defender of the Faith' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/13/king-charles-religion-faith |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913152120/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/13/king-charles-religion-faith |archive-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> This attracted controversy at the time, as well as speculation that the coronation oath might be altered.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=9 September 2022 |title=King Charles to be Defender of the Faith but also a defender of faiths |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/king-charles-to-be-defender-of-the-faith-but-also-a-defender-of-faiths |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912175237/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/king-charles-to-be-defender-of-the-faith-but-also-a-defender-of-faiths |archive-date=12 September 2022 |issn=1756-3224 |oclc=60623878}}</ref> He stated in 2015 that he would retain the title of ''Defender of the Faith'', whilst "ensuring that other people's faiths can also be practised", which he sees as a duty of the Church of England.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Charles vows to keep "Defender of the Faith" title as King |publisher=secularism.org.uk |url=http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2015/02/charles-vows-to-keep-defender-of-the-faith-title-as-king |url-status=live |access-date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715203555/http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2015/02/charles-vows-to-keep-defender-of-the-faith-title-as-king |archive-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> Charles reaffirmed this theme shortly after his accession and declared that his duties as sovereign included "the duty to protect the diversity of our country, including by protecting the space for faith itself and its practice through the religions, cultures, traditions, and beliefs to which our hearts and minds direct us as individuals."<ref name="Davies16Sep22" />
His inclusive, multi-faith approach and his own Christian beliefs were expressed in his first [[Christmas message]] as king. In line with his multi-faith approach, Charles has served as a patron of the [[Council of Christians and Jews]] and of the [[Jewish Museum London]].<ref name="Jewish-Museum">{{Cite web |last=Prinsley |first=Jane |title=King Charles renews patronage of Jewish Museum London |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/king-charles-renews-patronage-of-jewish-museum-london-ugwzyewt |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=thejc.com |quote=Originally appointed patron of the museum in 2008, the King's renewed patronage is a "huge vote of confidence in reiterating the importance of the Jewish Museum London," a spokesperson for the museum said.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2024 |title=HM The King to be Patron of the Council of Christians and Jews |url=https://www.cbcew.org.uk/king-charles-iii-patron-of-ccj/ |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Catholic Bishops' Conference}}</ref>
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Clarence House, previously the residence of the Queen Mother, was Charles's official London residence from 2003, after being renovated at a cost of £6.1 million.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Guardian|title=Clarence House makeover in grand hotel manner|first=Maev|last=Kennedy|url=https://theguardian.com/uk/2003/aug/06/monarchy.arts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528075305/https://theguardian.com/uk/2003/aug/06/monarchy.arts|date=6 August 2003|access-date=28 May 2024|archive-date=28 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> He previously shared apartments eight and nine at Kensington Palace with Diana before moving to [[York House, St James's Palace|York House]] at St James's Palace, which remained his principal residence until 2003.<ref name=clarence/> Highgrove House in Gloucestershire is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, having been purchased for Charles's use in 1980, and which he rented for £336,000 per annum.{{sfn|Temple|2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bates |first=Stephen |date=28 July 2005 |title=MPs tell Prince of Wales: Open up |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jul/28/monarchy.immigrationpolicy |access-date=19 May 2023 |issn=1756-3224 |oclc=60623878 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523030646/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jul/28/monarchy.immigrationpolicy |url-status=live }}</ref> Since William became Duke of Cornwall, Charles is expected to pay £700,000 per annum for use of the property.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Cosmopolitan|title=King Charles has to pay Prince William £700,000 in rent to keep his Highgrove home|first=Mehera|last=Bonner|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a41131938/king-charles-pay-prince-william-rent-highgrove/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016202710/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a41131938/king-charles-pay-prince-william-rent-highgrove/|date=9 September 2022|access-date=28 May 2024|archive-date=16 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Charles also owns a property near the village of [[Viscri]] in Romania.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Muir |first=Ellie |date=31 May 2023 |title=A fireplace, CD player and a 'little wooden bed': Inside King Charles's Romanian hideaway that you can rent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/king-charles-romania-transylvania-royal-rent-property-b2348995.html |access-date=3 June 2023 |work=The Independent|archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601151243/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/king-charles-romania-transylvania-royal-rent-property-b2348995.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|work=BBC News|title=Romanian tourists swamp village loved by Prince Charles|first=Stephen|last=McGrath|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53984239|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528165522/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53984239|date=6 September 2020|access-date=3 June 2023|archive-date=28 May 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
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