King Charles was raised by the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, having been born on 14 November 1948.
During his childhood, he shared a close bond with his younger sister, Princess Anne, and was particularly doted on by his grandmother, the late Queen Mother.
Here, we take a look back at some of King Charles’s sweetest childhood moments…
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© GettyTake a look at this famous portrait
King Charles posed for a famous portrait photograph with his parents Prince Philip and the Queen, who was pictured holding her then-youngest child, Princess Anne.
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© PA Images via Getty ImagesPrincess Anne's special birthday
Princess Elizabeth beamed as she sat with her children Prince Charles and Princess Anne on the Princess Royal’s first birthday. Her older brother looked ever-so-sweet in a snug shirt and shorts.
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© GettyAdorable puppeteering skills
In this snap from 1952, King Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, was spotted playing with a glove puppet in his toy car whilst staying at Balmoral.
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© GettyHow did Charles get around Balmoral?
That very same day, Queen Elizabeth was captured watching her son playing in his toy car while at Balmoral as she played with his rabbit puppet.
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© GettyThe moment King Charles predicted his own destiny
Charles surveys his surroundings from the wall of Clarence House in 1950 as Princess Elizabeth looks on.
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© GettyA very smiley Prince
A bonnie looking Charles smiling from his pram in 1950.
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© GettyChilling with his royal mother
Those cheeks! A baby Charles loved to chill in his crib alongside his royal mother.
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© GettyThe cutest newborn ever!
Even the least broody of the bunch couldn't resist this royal baby. This portrait taken in 1949 shows the mini monarch swathed in his basket at Buckingham palace.
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© GettyRegal from the start
The little prince captured looking ever so regal ahead of his sixth birthday.
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© GettyKing Charles loved nature from the start
Charles has long been an advocate for the environment and like many of the royals, shares a love for the great outdoors.
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© GettyThree peas in a pod
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with their children Princess Anne, Prince Charles (right) and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on his first holiday to Balmoral.
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© GettyDo you remember this nostalgic clothing item?
Nothing says childhood nostalgia quite like a pair of knee-high socks, right?
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© GettyWith the Queen Mother
Taken in 1950, this snap depicts Queen Elizabeth (1900 - 2002), wife of George VI, with her grandson Charles and Pippin the dog - which surprisingly, is not a corgi.
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© GettyA different kind of rein
Here the royal is seen with his mother riding in Windsor Castle together.
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© GettyEarly years
Doting mother Queen Elizabeth shows baby Charles a teddy bear as he sits inquisitively in his pram in a snap that was taken at Windlesham Moor in July 1949.
