{"id":100874,"date":"2023-11-15T16:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100874"},"modified":"2023-11-15T16:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:46:56","slug":"prince-william-wishes-his-father-a-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/lifestyle\/prince-william-wishes-his-father-a-happy-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William wishes his father a happy birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Happy birthday, Pa! Prince William\u00a0 shares throwback Instagram snap with King Charles at Klosters to mark the monarch turning 75<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>William wished his father a happy birthday with a throwback snap from Klosters\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0King Charles 75th birthday LIVE updates<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The royal, 42, celebrated King Charles 75 with a sweet photo of the pair from 19 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In the picture, both share a side-hug as they smile for the camera in their winter gear.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing a carousel of images, the monarch&#8217;s eldest son also included a solo snap of the King\u00a0at The Arc De Triomphe in Paris this September and a balcony photo of the family from the Trooping the Colour ceremony in June.<\/p>\n<p>Posting the selection to the @princeandprincessofwales account, the couple said: &#8216;Wishing His Majesty The King a very happy 75th birthday!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/12\/77778935-12747319-Prince_William_has_wished_his_father_a_happy_birthday_with_a_hea-a-1_1699965396757.jpg\" height=\"796\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p>It is perhaps no surprise that William chose a photo from Klosters for his father&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, he held a private party there, to mark his extraordinary attachment to the exclusive resort.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charles&#8217;s youngest son, Prince Harry, is also expected to call today &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8216;well placed&#8217; source told the BBC that Harry would want to speak to his father on his big day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At noon, the King&#8217;s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, named by Charles&#8217;s grandfather King George VI, will fire a 41-gun salute from London&#8217;s Green Park.<\/p>\n<p>An hour later, the Honourable Artillery Company will fire a 62-gun salute at Tower Wharf, Tower of London &#8211; an extra 21 for the City of London.<\/p>\n<p>The King&#8217;s 75th birthday will be a working day for the monarch, as he keeps busy on his big day.<\/p>\n<p>Charles will officially launch the Coronation Food Project with Camilla, which aims to bridge the gap between food waste and food need.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/12\/77778979-12747319-The_royal_42_celebrated_King_Charles_75_with_a_sweet_photo_colla-a-14_1699965094387.jpg\" height=\"775\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The royal, 42, celebrated King Charles 75 with a sweet photo collage. Pictured: the King at The Arc De Triomphe in Paris this September<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/12\/77778933-12747319-Sharing_a_carousel_of_images_the_monarch_s_eldest_son_also_inclu-a-15_1699965096807.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sharing a carousel of images, the monarch&#8217;s eldest son also included a balcony photo of the family from the Trooping the Colour ceremony in June.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/12\/77778935-12747319-Posting_the_selection_to_the_princeandprincessofwales_account_th-a-16_1699965099314.jpg\" height=\"233\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Posting the selection to the @princeandprincessofwales account, the couple said: &#8216;Wishing His Majesty The King a very happy 75th birthday!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile earlier this morning, a\u00a0tribute to his Majesty was posted on the Royal Family&#8217;s official X account.<\/p>\n<p>The video, set to orchestral music, shows pictures of Charles from every year of his life, before finishing with the message &#8216;Happy Birthday Your Majesty&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It showcases everything, starting from his arrival in 1948 with a picture in the arms of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>It then charts its way through childhood into his teenage years, where the future King became a much more public figure.<\/p>\n<p>Photos showed His Majesty during his time at university and his time spent serving in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>It then shows Charles&#8217;s transformation into the elder statesmen we know today, ending with images of his coronation earlier this year and his official birthday portrait.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/12\/77780661-12747319-image-a-5_1699964648980.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It is perhaps no surprise that William chose a photo from Klosters for his father&#8217;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<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/12\/77780765-12747319-image-a-6_1699964747094.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Prince William wished King Charles a happy birthday today. Both pictured during the National Service of Thanksgiving<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Ferguson has also today wished King Charles the &#8216;happiest of birthdays&#8217; in a tweet, posting a greyscale image of him in his younger years, as she wrote &#8216;long live the King&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Described as a &#8216;really splendid baby&#8217;, the tiny Prince Charles was born 75 years ago today in the palace he now occupies as monarch.<\/p>\n<p>The future King&#8217;s arrival at Buckingham Palace at 9.14pm was the first royal birth at the London residence in 62 years.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s Belgian Suite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/12\/77780805-12747319-Charles_s_youngest_son_Prince_Harry_is_also_expected_to_call_tod-m-12_1699965069854.jpg\" height=\"507\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Charles&#8217;s youngest son, Prince Harry, is also expected to call today &#8211; 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<\/p>\n<p>Soon afterwards, the thousands of Britons who were massed outside the palace gates got the news they had been waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>Having just been told by royal page Stanley Childs, the police inspector on duty told the masses through cupped hands: &#8216;It&#8217;s a prince&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, cheers went up as the news spread through the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Queen told her music teacher in the following weeks that Charles had an &#8216;interesting pair of hands for a baby&#8217; &#8211; a fact which has been commented on in more recent years.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12747319\/Happy-birthday-Pa-Prince-William-shares-throwback-Instagram-snap-King-Charles-Klosters-mark-monarch-turning-75.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy birthday, Pa! 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