1948
Getty Images A newborn Prince Charles in the arms of his mother, Princess Elizabeth.
1949
Getty Images Blowing out a candle on his birthday.
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1949
ullstein bild Dtl.//Getty Images Charles posed with his mother, then-Princess Elizabeth.
1950
Getty Images The Queen Mother with her grandson Prince Charles and Pippin the dog.
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1951
Getty Images Charles with his grandfather, King George VI.
1952
Getty Images Princess Elizabeth as a young mother watching Prince Charles while he plays in a toy car.
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1953
Getty Images The Queen Mother, Prince Charles, and Princess Margaret in the royal box at Westminster Abbey watching the 1953 Coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II.
1954
Getty Images With his younger sister, Princess Anne.
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1954
Lisa Sheridan//Getty Images Charles and his grandmother, the Queen Mother, played in the The Little House or Y Bwthyn Bach—a playhouse near the Royal Lodge in Windsor.
1954
Bettmann//Getty Images Young Charles posed for his official birthday portrait.
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1955
Getty Images A love of horses clearly runs in the royal family.
1956
Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II with the young prince at Windsor Great Park during a polo match.
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1957
Getty Images On the sailboat 'Bluebottle' during a regatta in Cowes.
1958
Getty Images Prince Charles returning to school.
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1959
Getty Images The royal family poses for a portrait at Windsor Castle.
1960
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1962
Getty Images Charles arrives at Gordonstoun School in Scotland for his first term.
1964
Getty Images Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, Prince Charles, and Princess Anne attend the Braemor Games.
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1965
Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh with their children.
1966
Getty Images Prince Charles walking his dog. Naturally, it's a corgi.
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