Happy Birthday, Dad! Prince William shares a retro Instagram photo with King Charles in Klosters to celebrate the monarch turning 75
Prince William has wished his father a happy birthday with a heartfelt throwback to 2004, when the couple enjoyed 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 couple from 19 years ago.
In the photo, they both share a side hug while smiling at the camera in their winter gear.
The monarch’s eldest son shared a carousel of images, also adding a solo photo of the king at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris in September, and a balcony photo of the family at the Trooping the Color ceremony in June.
Place the selection on the @prinsenprinsesvanwales account, the couple said: ‘I wish His Majesty the King a very happy 75th birthday!’
Prince William has wished his father a happy birthday with a heartfelt throwback to 2004, when the couple enjoyed 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 prayer 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 emphasize his extraordinary attachment to the exclusive resort.
Charles’ 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 will reportedly hold a small celebratory gathering at Clarence House this evening.
A ‘well-placed’ source told the newspaper BBC that Harry would like to speak to his father on his big day.
At noon, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, named by Charles’ grandfather, King George VI, will fire a 41-gun salute from London’s Green Park.
An hour later, the Honorable Artillery Company will fire a 62-gun salute at Tower Wharf, Tower of London – an additional 21 for the City of London.
The king’s 75th birthday will be a working day for the monarch as he is busy preparing for his big day.
Charles will join Camilla to officially launch the Coronation Food Project, which aims to bridge the gap between food waste and food needs.
The royal, 42, celebrated King Charles’ 75 with a sweet photo collage. Pictured: The King at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris in September
The monarch’s eldest son shared a carousel of images and also included a balcony photo of the family from the Trooping the Color ceremony in June.
The couple posted the selection to the @princeandprincessofwales account and said: ‘I wish His Majesty the King a very happy 75th birthday!’
The head of state and his wife will visit a surplus food distribution center outside London and meet staff and volunteers to learn how food waste can be used for social purposes.
Meanwhile, a tribute to His Majesty was posted on the royal family’s official X account earlier this morning.
The video, set to orchestral music, shows photos of Charles from each year of his life, before ending with the message ‘Happy Birthday Your Majesty’.
It shows everything from his arrival in 1948 with a photo in the arms of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
It then works 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 in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.
The montage then reveals how the then Prince of Wales started a family of his own, starting with the birth of his eldest son, William.
It then shows Charles’ transformation into the elder statesmen we know today, ending with footage 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 prayer 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 depicted during the National Service of Thanksgiving
Sarah Ferguson also wished King Charles the ‘happiest birthday’ in a tweet today, posting a greyscale image of him in his younger years as she wrote ‘Long live the King’.
Little Prince Charles, described as a ‘truly beautiful baby’, was born 75 years ago today in the palace where he now resides 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-hour labor before undergoing a caesarean section in a makeshift maternity ward in the palace’s Belgian Suite.
Charles’ 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 will reportedly hold a small celebratory gathering at Clarence House this evening. Harry and Meghan pictured in October
Shortly afterwards, the thousands of Britons who had gathered outside the palace gates received the news they had been waiting for.
After the royal page Stanley Childs had just told him, the police inspector on duty said to the crowd with his hands crossed, “It’s a prince.”
Moments later, there were cheers as the news spread through the crowd.
Prince Philip, who was involved in an anxious game of squash while his wife was in labour, quickly returned to the palace where he opened a bottle of champagne.
The Queen told her music teacher in subsequent weeks that Charles had an “interesting pair of hands for a baby” – a fact that has been commented on in recent years.