In the USA it is called the Unicorn: 5 unexpected details from the life of Prince Charles
'02.11.2020'
Source: No Stress in Yandex.Zen
His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales, is known to hold the record for the number of years spent awaiting his accession to the throne. No Stress in Yandex.Zen.
Charles was only 3 years old when his grandfather, King George VI, died, and the boy's mother, Elizabeth, had to ascend the throne. She will become the longest reigning monarch not only in British but also in world history.
Before all the high-profile and public events in the prince's life, which were watched by the whole world (his marriage and divorce to Princess Diana; his long-term relationship with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; his often strained relationship with his father), Charles spent years working behind the scenes to promote charity and fulfill their responsibilities as a leading member of the royal family.
And he even finds time to take up landscape painting.
Here are five things you may not have known about Prince Charles.
1. He can play the cello
Charles learned to play the piano, trumpet and cello as a child, and although he described himself as “hopeless” with regard to musical talent, he eventually chose the cello and even played in the Trinity College orchestra as a student.
2. His codename for the US Secret Service is "Unicorn"
Some dignitaries who come to the United States are assigned their own code names. Charles got the name "Unicorn".
The whimsical name suits the prince wonderfully - the Unicorn is Scotland's national animal and has been part of its coat of arms for about 600 years.
The first recorded example of a Scottish monarch using a unicorn as a symbol of strength dates back to the late 1300s, when unicorns were part of the designs on the coat of arms and gates of Rothesay Castle on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.
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3. Richard Nixon tried to set Charles up with his daughter Trisha
In 1970, Nixon tried to play the role of matchmaker with the future king of England.
Charles and his sister, Princess Anne, were 21 and 19, respectively, when they made an informal trip to Washington, D.C., honored as royal dignitaries, taken to various DC museums and locations, and provided rooms in the White House (Charles got the bedroom Lincoln).
And according to the 2017 biography of author Sally Bedell Smith, Prince Charles: Passions and Paradoxes of an Incredible Life, the President arranged for Trisha to sit next to Charles at every opportunity, which annoyed him. "
Even though he did not get along with the daughter of the President of the United States, Charles was stunned by the efforts of the President.
“Years later, during a visit to Washington with Camilla, he still laughed at this matchmaking attempt,” the book says.
4. He wrote a children's book
In 1980, Prince Charles wrote a children's book called The Old Man of Lochnagar, based on the stories he told to his younger brothers, Prince Andrew and Edward.
The plot revolves around an old man who went to the caves near Balmoral in search of a quiet place to take a hot bath. The book was later turned into an animated short film narrated by the prince.
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5. A frog was named after him
The Ecuadorian river tree frog was named “Hyloscirtus princecharlesi” in honor of the prince's support for conservation and environmental campaigns.
In 2012, a newly discovered (and endangered) species of Ecuadorian tree frog was announced in Zootaxa magazine as Hyloscirtus princecharlesi, or Prince Charles' streaming tree frog.
The frog was named after him to celebrate the prince's significant contribution to rainforest conservation — the heir to the throne has long been open about the dangers of climate change, and he created the Rainforest project in 2007 for a charity and education campaign.
Original column published on the blog. No Stress in Yandex.Zen.
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