King Charles: A Life in Photos

NYT WORLD: King Charles: A Life in Photos
By The New York Times
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: May 4, 2023 at 03:00AM

Cameras have followed Britain’s new head of state since infancy. Here is a selection of memorable images from a very public life.

King Charles III will arrive at his coronation on Saturday after nearly three-quarters of a century in the public eye. Born in the final years of his grandfather’s reign, he became heir apparent to the British throne at age 3, a prince in an era when Britain’s mass media was growing and its culture of deference was fading alongside the vestiges of its empire. Cameras have shadowed him from the start. Often they were invited and tightly controlled, though sometimes with undesirable results nonetheless. And sometimes they were entirely unwelcome: Tabloids feasted on the drawn-out implosion of his first marriage, to Diana, Princess of Wales. Over the decades, Charles also learned to use that ceaseless attention in the service of the causes he championed, such as traditional architecture and organic farming — a record of activism that he promised to leave behind as he assumed the role of monarch. This is a selection of the most memorable images from his long life as a prince and his new life as king.

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