Happy birthday, Pa! Prince William shares throwback Instagram snap with King Charles at Klosters to mark the monarch turning 75
- William wished his father a happy birthday with a throwback snap from Klosters
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Prince William has wished his father a happy birthday with a heartfelt throwback snap from 2004, when the pair enjoyed some skiing on the Madrisa ski slope above the Swiss village of Klosters.
The royal, 42, celebrated King Charles 75 with a sweet photo of the pair from 19 years ago.
In the picture, both share a side-hug as they smile for the camera in their winter gear.
Sharing a carousel of images, the monarch’s eldest son also included a solo snap of the King at The Arc De Triomphe in Paris this September and a balcony photo of the family from the Trooping the Colour ceremony in June.
Posting the selection to the @princeandprincessofwales account, the couple said: ‘Wishing His Majesty The King a very happy 75th birthday!’
Prince William has wished his father a happy birthday with a heartfelt throwback snap from 2004, when the pair enjoyed some skiing on the Madrisa ski slope above the Swiss village of Klosters
It is perhaps no surprise that William chose a photo from Klosters for his father’s bid day, as Charles is known to have a deep fondness for the Swiss village, where he has been skiing for more than 40 years.
In 2018, he held a private party there, to mark his extraordinary attachment to the exclusive resort.
Charles’s youngest son, Prince Harry, is also expected to call today – but the Duke of Sussex and his family will not travel to London, where his father is understood to be holding a small celebratory gathering at Clarence House this evening.
A ‘well placed’ source told the BBC that Harry would want to speak to his father on his big day.
At noon, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, named by Charles’s grandfather King George VI, will fire a 41-gun salute from London’s Green Park.
An hour later, the Honourable Artillery Company will fire a 62-gun salute at Tower Wharf, Tower of London – an extra 21 for the City of London.
The King’s 75th birthday will be a working day for the monarch, as he keeps busy on his big day.
Charles will officially launch the Coronation Food Project with Camilla, which aims to bridge the gap between food waste and food need.
The royal, 42, celebrated King Charles 75 with a sweet photo collage. Pictured: the King at The Arc De Triomphe in Paris this September
Sharing a carousel of images, the monarch’s eldest son also included a balcony photo of the family from the Trooping the Colour ceremony in June.
Posting the selection to the @princeandprincessofwales account, the couple said: ‘Wishing His Majesty The King a very happy 75th birthday!’
The head of state and his wife will visit a surplus food distribution centre outside London and meet staff and volunteers to hear about the ways food waste can be used for social good.
Meanwhile earlier this morning, a tribute to his Majesty was posted on the Royal Family’s official X account.
The video, set to orchestral music, shows pictures of Charles from every year of his life, before finishing with the message ‘Happy Birthday Your Majesty’.
It showcases everything, starting from his arrival in 1948 with a picture in the arms of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
It then charts its way through childhood into his teenage years, where the future King became a much more public figure.
Photos showed His Majesty during his time at university and his time spent serving in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.
The montage then reveals how the then Prince of Wales started a family of his own, beginning with the birth of his eldest son, William.
It then shows Charles’s transformation into the elder statesmen we know today, ending with images of his coronation earlier this year and his official birthday portrait.
It is perhaps no surprise that William chose a photo from Klosters for his father’s bid day, as Charles is known to have a deep fondness for the Swiss village, where he has been skiing for more than 40 years. Both pictured in 2004
Prince William wished King Charles a happy birthday today. Both pictured during the National Service of Thanksgiving
Sarah Ferguson has also today wished King Charles the ‘happiest of birthdays’ in a tweet, posting a greyscale image of him in his younger years, as she wrote ‘long live the King’.
Described as a ‘really splendid baby’, the tiny Prince Charles was born 75 years ago today in the palace he now occupies as monarch.
The future King’s arrival at Buckingham Palace at 9.14pm was the first royal birth at the London residence in 62 years.
The then Princess Elizabeth had endured a difficult 30 hours of labour before she underwent a Caesarian in a makeshift maternity ward in the palace’s Belgian Suite.
Charles’s youngest son, Prince Harry, is also expected to call today – but the Duke of Sussex and his family will not travel to London, where his father is understood to be holding a small celebratory gathering at Clarence House this evening. Harry and Meghan pictured in October
Soon afterwards, the thousands of Britons who were massed outside the palace gates got the news they had been waiting for.
Having just been told by royal page Stanley Childs, the police inspector on duty told the masses through cupped hands: ‘It’s a prince’.
Moments later, cheers went up as the news spread through the crowd.
Prince Philip, who had been engaged in an anxious game of squash while his wife was in labour, swiftly returned to the palace, where he cracked open a bottle of champagne.
The Queen told her music teacher in the following weeks that Charles had an ‘interesting pair of hands for a baby’ – a fact which has been commented on in more recent years.
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