He is considerably older than his mother was when she became Queen
. In a written statement on the day he said: “The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty the Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.”Charles was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948.
Before Charles, the oldest King to ascend the throne was King William IV, who was 64 when he was crowned in 1830. The greatest age difference of an outgoing British monarch and their successor was 54 years and 217 days between George II and his grandson George III , who succeeded on the former’s death on 25 October 1760.King’s grandparents were King George VI and Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-LyonGeorge VI reigned from 11 December, 1936 until his death on 6 February, 1952. He had been battling ill health and failed to recover from a lung operation.
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