From his youth until 1992, Prince Charles was an avid player of competitive polo. He continued to play informally, including for charity, until 2005. Charles also frequently took part in fox hunting until the sport was banned in the United Kingdom in 2005. By the late 1990s, opposition to the activity was growing when Charles's participation was viewed as a "political statement" by those who were opposed to it. The League Against Cruel Sports launched an attack against Charles after he took his sons on the Beaufort Hunt in 1999. At that time, the government was trying to ban hunting with hounds.
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Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales | Sports
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who were king and queen of england during ww2
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George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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who is the current leader of this kingdom?
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Queen Elizabeth II.
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how the above mentioned king die?
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Coronary thrombosis.
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what is this disease?
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Formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel of the heart.
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could you let me know the children names of the female leader mentioned above?
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Charles, Anne, Prince Andrew , and Prince Edward.
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what are the responsibilities carried out by the first name mentioned above?
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As Prince of Wales, Charles undertakes official duties on behalf of the Queen and the Commonwealth realms. He officiates at investitures and attends the funerals of foreign dignitaries.
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does he have children from his second marriage?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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any children from his first marriage, their names?
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Yes, Prince William and Prince Harry.
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who has the latter married?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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what sports did the prince who we were chatting about earlier, play?
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From his youth until 1992, Prince Charles was an avid player of competitive polo. He continued to play informally, including for charity, until 2005. Charles also frequently took part in fox hunting until the sport was banned in the United Kingdom in 2005. By the late 1990s, opposition to the activity was growing when Charles's participation was viewed as a "political statement" by those who were opposed to it. The League Against Cruel Sports launched an attack against Charles after he took his sons on the Beaufort Hunt in 1999. At that time, the government was trying to ban hunting with hounds.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Sports
Charles has been a keen salmon angler since youth and supports Orri Vigfússon's efforts to protect the North Atlantic salmon. He frequently fishes the River Dee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, while he claims his most special angling memories are from his time in Vopnafjörður, Iceland. Charles is a supporter of Burnley Football Club.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Sports
Government documents from the 1950s and 1960s, published by the BBC, stated that such a marriage was illegal, though these were dismissed by Charles's spokesman, and explained to be obsolete by the sitting government. The marriage was scheduled to take place in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle, with a subsequent religious blessing at St George's Chapel. The venue was subsequently changed to Windsor Guildhall, because a civil marriage at Windsor Castle would oblige the venue to be available to anyone who wished to be married there. Four days before the wedding, it was postponed from the originally scheduled date of 8 April until the following day in order to allow Charles and some of the invited dignitaries to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles
He was the brother of all-round player John Charles and father of former Wales international Jeremy Charles. In March 1958, Charles married Vera (surname Frame). His brother John Charles was unable to attend the wedding as he was in Italy at the time. It was a triple wedding, as Swansea teammates Don Pearson and Jeff Rees also married their partners in the same ceremony. In September 1959 Vera gave birth to a son, Jeremy, who went on to play for Swansea and Wales himself. They also had a daughter, Catherine. The couple divorced in 1972, though remained good friends. After he left the professional game he found himself 'virtually penniless'.
Mel Charles | Personal life and post-retirement activities
Charles, Prince of Wales, although not a monarch of England, is next in line to the throne. He engaged in an on-and-off affair with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (then Mrs. Parker-Bowles) and later announced that he had never loved his first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, whom he felt obligated to marry. This created a generally bad public image for Prince Charles, and public sentiment prevented them from marrying immediately after his divorce and Diana's death in 1997. However, public anger subsided, and after receiving the Queen's consent in 2005, they were finally married in a civil ceremony on 9 April 2005.
English and British royal mistress | The Prince of Wales
Upon his marriage, Charles reduced his voluntary tax contribution from the profits generated by the Duchy of Cornwall from 50% to 25%. The couple lived at Kensington Palace and at Highgrove House, near Tetbury, and had two children: Princes William (b. 1982) and Henry (known as "Harry") (b. 1984). Charles set a precedent by being the first royal father to be present at his children's births.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Marriage to Lady Diana Spencer
Charles also spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer, and they had two sons: Prince William (b. 1982) and Prince Harry (b. 1984). In 1996, the couple divorced following well-publicised extramarital affairs by both parties. Diana died as the result of a car crash in Paris the following year. In 2005, Charles married long-time partner Camilla Parker Bowles. As Prince of Wales, Charles undertakes official duties on behalf of the Queen and the Commonwealth realms.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Introduction
When Charles was remarried to Camilla Parker-Bowles in compliance with the Royal Marriages Act, she lawfully became HRH The Princess of Wales but, as was the announced intention prior to the couple's wedding, she continues to use the lesser title derived from her husband's Duchy of Cornwall and is known as HRH The Duchess of Cornwall because the strong association to the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Style (form of address) | Styles existing through marriage in the United Kingdom
A keen cricketer, he played for Pembroke Cricket Club, County Meath, the Cambridge Crusaders, the Refreshers and the Leprechauns, a nomadic club of which he was president in 1998, its 50 anniversary year. He was first chairman of the Cambridge Society Irish branch and is now chairman of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Ireland. He married Alyson Gavin, genealogist, in 2019.
Charles Lysaght | Personal
As an amateur jockey, Parker Bowles rode in the 1969 Grand National on his horse The Fossa, finishing the race in 11th place. He played on Prince Charles' polo team during their younger days. Parker Bowles dated Princess Anne in the early 1970s. In 1973, after an intermittent relationship, he married Camilla Shand in a Roman Catholic ceremony. She was a former girlfriend of the Prince of Wales, so they had both dated royal siblings. They lived at Bolehyde Manor and later Middlewick House in Wiltshire and had two children, Tom and Laura, who were raised Roman Catholic. Laura attended St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, a Catholic girls' school in Dorset, while Tom attended Eton College.
Andrew Parker Bowles | Personal life
Charles's cousin Norton Knatchbull and his wife told Charles that Diana appeared awestruck by his position and that he did not seem to be in love with her. Meanwhile, the couple's continuing courtship attracted intense attention from the press and paparazzi. When Prince Philip told him that the media speculation would injure Diana's reputation if Charles did not come to a decision about marrying her soon, and realising that she was a suitable royal bride (according to Mountbatten's criteria), Charles construed his father's advice as a warning to proceed without further delay. Prince Charles proposed to Diana in February 1981; she accepted and they married in St Paul's Cathedral on 29 July of that year.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Marriage to Lady Diana Spencer
Since his birth, Prince Charles has undergone close media attention, which increased as he matured. It has been an ambivalent relationship, largely impacted by his marriages to Diana and Camilla and its aftermath, but also centred on his future conduct as king, such as the 2014 play "King Charles III".
Charles, Prince of Wales | Media image
The wife of the Prince of Wales is entitled to the title Princess of Wales. Prince Charles's first wife, Diana, used that title, but his second wife, Camilla, uses only the title Duchess of Cornwall (or of Rothesay when in Scotland) because the other title has become so popularly associated with Diana.
Prince of Wales | Introduction
In 1606 the French ambassador Antoine le Fèvre de la Boderie noted that Prince Henry (in England) played golf, which he described as a Scottish game not unlike "pallemail" or pall-mall. One of Prince Henry's biographers, "W. H.", mentioned that Henry nearly hit Adam Newton with a golf ball, and Henry said that would have paid him back. Henry also played tennis, and in July 1606 played with his uncle Christian IV of Denmark at Greenwich Palace. In 1607 Henry sought permission to learn to swim, but the Earls of Suffolk and Shrewsbury wrote to Newton that swimming was a "dangerous thing" that their own sons might practice "like feathers as light as things of nought", but was not suitable for Princes as "things of great weight and consequence".
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales | Games and sports
In June 2010, Welsh announced that he was engaged to Cecilynne Jurss.
Pat Welsh (sports journalist) | Personal life
Charles first met Lady Diana Spencer in 1977 while he was visiting her home, Althorp. He was the companion of her elder sister, Sarah, and did not consider Diana romantically until mid-1980. While Charles and Diana were sitting together on a bale of hay at a friend's barbecue in July, she mentioned that he had looked forlorn and in need of care at the funeral of his uncle, Lord Mountbatten. Soon, according to Charles's chosen biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby, "without any apparent surge in feeling, he began to think seriously of her as a potential bride", and she accompanied Charles on visits to Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Marriage to Lady Diana Spencer
The engagement of Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles was announced on 10 February 2005; he presented her with an engagement ring that had belonged to his grandmother. The Queen's consent to the marriage (as required by the Royal Marriages Act 1772) was recorded in a Privy Council meeting on 2 March. In Canada, the Department of Justice announced its decision that the Queen's Privy Council for Canada was not required to meet to give its consent to the marriage, as the union would not result in offspring and would have no impact on the succession to the Canadian throne. Charles was the only member of the Royal Family to have a civil rather than a church wedding in England.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles
On 26 June 2018, she married the former captain of the England national rugby union team, Chris Robshaw at Chelsea Old Town Hall, London. Their reception was 3 days later at Le Preverger, a chateau in Cote D'Azur, France.
Camilla Kerslake | Background
On 10 February 2005, it was announced that Camilla Parker Bowles and Charles, Prince of Wales, would marry on 8 April 2005, at Windsor Castle with a civil service followed by religious prayer. The Privy Council met on 2 March 2005 to give effect to the Queen's consent to the marriage, in conformance with the provisions of the Royal Marriages Act 1772. The government indicated that the marriage was not morganatic. After the engagement announcement, the couple were congratulated by Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, issued a statement which read: "These arrangements have my strong support and are consistent with Church of England guidelines concerning remarriage which the Prince of Wales fully accepts as a committed Anglican and as prospective Supreme Governor of the Church of England." Prime Minister Tony Blair, Leader of the Opposition Michael Howard, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy, Leader of the House of Commons Peter Hain and the Prime Ministers of the other Commonwealth realms added their congratulations.
Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles | Engagement and preparations
The Prince of Wales and his bride did not elect this course of action.
Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles | A civil ceremony
The wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 brought into question whether civil marriages were available to members of the British royal family. Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, replied to the House of Lords that in his opinion the marriage was in accordance with the 1949 Act.
Marriage Act 1949 | Royal family
The Prince was the first member of the royal family to marry in a civil ceremony in England. Stephen Cretney, a Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, questioned whether Charles and Camilla could marry in a civil ceremony, as the Royal Family was specifically excluded from the law which instituted civil marriages in England (Marriage Act 1836). On 14 February the BBC's "Panorama" uncovered documents of official legislative research advice dating from 1956 and 1964, which stated that it was not lawful for members of the royal family to marry in a civil ceremony in England and Wales, though it would be lawful in Scotland.
Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles | Questioning a royal civil wedding
He rose to the rank of Major, played polo with the Duke of Edinburgh, and became the Prince of Wales's Polo Manager. Ronald and Susan had two daughters: Jane Louisa, born on 26 August 1957, and Sarah Margaret, later the Duchess of York, born on 15 October 1959.
Susan Barrantes | Early life and first marriage
The design of the wedding rings is by Wartski, a London jeweller that has held the Royal Warrant to The Prince of Wales since 1979. The prince wears his on the small finger of his left hand. The civil wedding was followed by a televised blessing, officially termed a Service of Prayer and Dedication by both the Prince of Wales's office and the press. in the afternoon at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. This was attended by 800 guests and all the senior members of the royal family, including the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, and led by the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles | Wedding and Service of Prayer and Dedication
Sir Harry Llewellyn lived near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire. In 1990 he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame. He was married to Christine Saumarez, a daughter of the 5th Baron de Saumarez. Their sons, Dai and Roddy, became well-known media personalities from the 1960s onwards, the former because of highly publicized relationships with Tessa Dahl and Orson Welles's daughter Beatrice, and the latter because of an eight-year affair with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
Harry Llewellyn | Family and personal life
Charles was grief-stricken by his death and allegedly relied heavily on Camilla for solace. During this period, rumours began circulating among close friends of the Parker Bowles and polo playing communities that they had rekindled their intimate relationship. A source close to Camilla confirmed that by 1980 they had indeed rekindled as lovers. However, there are also claims by royal staff it occurred earlier. Reportedly, Camilla's husband approved of the affair, while he had numerous lovers throughout their marriage. In 1981, Charles married Lady Diana Spencer.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall | Relationship with the Prince of Wales
His daughter Diana was an Olympic athlete and journalist, who married historian J. F. C. Wright.
Charles Kingsmill | Family
Charles eventually married Henrietta Maria of France.
Spanish match | Aftermath
Griffiths met his wife, Gladys (May) Rees, at a junior running race in Neath in 1915. They were later formally introduced by May’s older brother. They married in St. David’s Parish Church in Neath on 25 July 1922 but spent all of their married life in London. Griffiths had two sons, John and Cecil (usually called Rees). One of Griffiths' uncles, George Trick, was a captain of Neath RFC. A cousin, Kathleen Trick, is thought to be the first identifiable female depicted in rugby kit.
Cecil Griffiths | Personal life
Charles Sawyer's marriage was registered during July→September 1886 in Altrincham district. They had children; Charles Quinton Sawyer (birth registered during October→December 1891 in Altrincham district, born in Knutsford, Cheshire, England – 14 July 1916, Battle of the Somme, France) who played cricket for Sedbergh School in 1908.. Charles Sawyer was the brother of; W. S. Sawyer (cricketer for Broughton Cricket Club (1876-1880)), and Lancashire Colts (1881)), and J. S. Sawyer (cricketer for Broughton Cricket Club (1879), and rugby player for Broughton RUFC, and The North of England rugby union team (1879-1881)).
Charles Sawyer (sportsman) | Genealogical information
His younger brother, Douglas, also played for London Scottish and was capped three times for the Scotland national rugby union team. Monypenny married Emila Sybil Wetenhall, daughter of Cecil Algernon Salisbury Wetenhall from Northampton. They had a daughter, Phoebe who became the heiress of Monypenny of Pitmilly.
Charlton Monypenny | Personal history
Diana's marriage to Charles, however, suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital affairs. The couple separated in 1992, soon after the breakdown of their relationship became public knowledge. The details of their marital difficulties became increasingly publicised, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1996.
Diana, Princess of Wales | Introduction
He was concurrently managing director and editor-in-chief of "The Sporting Life" (1990–1998), and also edited "The Independent" for a brief spell (1995–1996). He was married to the broadcaster and journalist Anne Robinson and they have a daughter, Emma. He was later married to the journalist Sally O'Sullivan with whom he had a son, Luke, and a daughter, Lily. In 2001 he married amateur jockey Rachel Pitkeathley, daughter of Baroness Pitkeathley, the Life Peer.
Charles Wilson (journalist) | Introduction
He married Iléana Manos, who is the daughter of Konstantinos Manos (born 1937) and Sybilla (born 1942), on 21 June 1997 in Paris, France, in a civil marriage. They were married in a religious ceremony on 28 June 1997 in Skiathos.
Prince Charles Louis, Duke of Chartres | Marriage
Wynne's sister, Charlotte Griffith-Wynne, married John Robert Godley in September 1846, who later came to be regarded as the founder of Canterbury in New Zealand. On 15 June 1840, Wynne had married Laura Susan Pollen, the daughter of Richard Pollen (1786–1838) and Anne Cockerell. His wife died on 7 March 1851. He remarried in 1863 to Jamesina Joyce Ellen Styleman Le Strang, the widow of Henry L'Estrange Styleman Le Strange (d. 1862). She was the daughter of John Stewart (MP). His brother, John Wynne, also played first-class cricket. He died on 3 March 1874 at 4 Rue Solferino, Paris, France.
Charles Wynne | Family and death
Overall, the majority of royal biographers have agreed that even if Charles and Camilla wanted to marry or did try for approval to get married, it would have been declined, because according to Charles's cousin and godmother Patricia Mountbatten, some palace courtiers at that time found Camilla unsuitable as a wife for the future king. In 2005, she stated, "With hindsight, you can say that Charles should have married Camilla when he first had the chance. They were ideally suited, we know that now. But it wasn't possible."[...] "it wouldn't have been possible, not then."[...] Nevertheless, they remained friends. In August 1979, Lord Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall | Relationship with the Prince of Wales
The couple had two sons. His nephew, Milo Talbot, also played first-class cricket.
Charles Napier (cricketer) | Introduction
On 9 December 1992, John Major announced in the House of Commons that Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, were to separate but had no plans to divorce. At the time, Diana was convinced that Charles loved only Camilla Parker-Bowles. As early as October 1993, Diana was writing to Paul Burrell that she believed her husband was now in love with Legge-Bourke and wanted to marry her. On 3 December 1993, Diana announced that she had decided to withdraw from public life.
Tiggy Legge-Bourke | The Princess of Wales
William plays polo to raise money for charity, is a fan of football, and supports the English club Aston Villa. He became President of England's Football Association in May 2006 and vice-royal patron of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in February 2007, supporting the Queen as patron. The same year, the WRU's decision to name a new cup for test matches between Wales and South Africa the Prince William Cup caused controversy; some believed it would have been more appropriate to name it after Ray Gravell. In 2011, William as President of the English FA, voted against Australia's 2022 FIFA bid and instead voted for South Korea; despite being the country's future heir.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Sport
Rupert was considered by Pepys to be the fourth best tennis player in England. Rupert became romantically engaged to Frances Bard (1646–1708), the daughter of the English explorer and Civil War veteran Henry Bard. Frances claimed to have secretly married Rupert in 1664, although this was denied by him and no firm proof exists to support the claim. Rupert acknowledged the son he had with Frances, Dudley Bard (1666–86), often called "Dudley Rupert", who was schooled at Eton College. In 1673, Rupert was urged by Charles Louis to return home, marry and father an heir to the Palatinate, as it appeared likely that Charles Louis's own son would not survive childhood.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine | Restoration statesman
Davies married Jeanne Marie Gammie in 1979. They have a son and a daughter. Davies speaks Welsh. He is a member of The Arts Club. He is a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts Development Trust, and is a keen tennis player.
Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch | Personal life
The firm made the Welsh gold wedding rings for the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, and Catherine Middleton when she married Prince William in 2011.
Geoffrey Munn | Career
Fathers & Sons who played for the Prince of Wales' College team between 1933 and 2006
Prince of Wales–St. Sebastian's Cricket Encounter | Prince of Wales' College
In 2005, the Queen consented formally to the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles. The royal family was specifically excluded from the Marriage Act 1836, which instituted civil marriages in England. However, Prince Charles's civil marriage raised questions. Lord Falconer of Thoroton told the House of Lords that the 1836 Act had been repealed by the Marriage Act 1949, which had different wording, and that the British Government were satisfied that it was lawful for the couple to marry by a civil ceremony in accordance with Part III of the 1949 Act, and the Registrar General Len Cook determined that a civil marriage would in fact be valid.
Marriage in England and Wales | Royal marriages
Another sport Vaughan participated in was fox hunting, he even included it on the syllabus of the Cavalry School under the pretext "memory training". It was while he was at the Cavalry School that he married Louisa Evelyn, 22 October 1913, the eldest daughter of a Captain J. Stewart of Cardiganshire.
John Vaughan (British Army officer, born 1871) | 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars
The only exception would be if the Queen or the Prince of Wales were to attend. Andy Murray and Jarkko Nieminen elected to bow when the Queen visited The Championships for their 2010 second round match, as did Roger Federer and Fabio Fognini at their second round match, watched by the Prince of Wales, in 2012. In December 2016, it was announced that the Duchess of Cambridge would succeed The Queen as Patron of The AELTC and The Championships, effective January 2017.
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | The Championships
Charles William King (1832 – 8 August 1872) was an English cleric, and a cricketer who played one first-class match for Oxford University Cricket Club in 1852. King matriculated at University College, Oxford, in 1849 but gained a scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford, and studied there until he graduated B.A. in 1853. He became a Church of England priest and was rector of St Mary-le-Bow, Durham, 1859–67. He was principal of the Female Training College (later St Hild's College of Durham University) 1859–64, then Inspector of Schools for Durham and Northumberland. He married in 1855 Mary Anne Sophia Douglas, daughter of the Rev.
Charles King (English cricketer) | Introduction
Williams married firstly Frances Morgan, daughter of Sir William Morgan of Tredegar. He married secondly Anne Trevor, daughter of Sir John Trevor of Plas Teg, Flint. His son Trevor became a baronet.
Charles Williams (of Llangibby) | Introduction
He had a trial with local club Cardiff City at the age of 14 but chose to concentrate on rugby instead. He played on the junior teams of Rhiwbina RFC and played for Glamorgan Wanderers RFC whilst a member of the Cardiff Blues Academy. On 5 July 2014, Warburton married long term partner Rachel Thomas in a church ceremony in Newport, before the couple held a reception at the Celtic Manor Resort.
Sam Warburton | Early and personal life
Previously, players bowed or curtsied to members of the royal family seated in the Royal Box upon entering or leaving Centre Court. However, in 2003, All England Club president Prince Edward, Duke of Kent decided to discontinue the tradition. Now, players are required to bow or curtsy only if the Prince of Wales or the Queen is present, as was in practice during the 2010 Championships when the Queen was in attendance at Wimbledon on 24 June. On 27 June 2012, Roger Federer said in his post-match interview that he and his opponent had been asked to bow towards the Royal Box as Prince Charles and his wife were present, saying that it was not a problem for him.
The Championships, Wimbledon | Royal family
Drew enjoyed sailing and water polo. He was also interested in croquet and football and he rowed for University of London. He married Maureen Pittaway in 1950. She was a sister at Queen Alexandra Royal Naval Nursing Service. They had two children.
Charles Drew (surgeon) | Personal life
With the failure of the Spanish match, Charles and Buckingham turned their attention to France. On 1 May 1625 Charles was married by proxy to the fifteen-year-old French princess Henrietta Maria in front of the doors of Notre Dame de Paris. Charles had seen Henrietta Maria in Paris while en route to Spain. The married couple met in person on 13 June 1625 in Canterbury. Charles delayed the opening of his first Parliament until after the marriage was consummated, to forestall any opposition. Many members of the Commons were opposed to the king's marriage to a Roman Catholic, fearing that Charles would lift restrictions on Catholic recusants and undermine the official establishment of the reformed Church of England.
Charles I of England | Early reign
"Her head seemed to be turned by the publicity", the two reporters later said. She also declared that she would not marry Charles "if he were the dustman or the King of England". When the article was released, she showed it to the prince, which made him furious and he replied, "You've just done something incredibly stupid." The relationship dissolved soon after that. Some have stated the relationship between she and Diana was strained, because of her long resentment of the Prince marrying Diana and not her, though others (including Diana's biographer Andrew Morton) have said she was one of the few people Diana trusted.
Lady Sarah McCorquodale | Diana, Princess of Wales
In his youth, Charles was amorously linked to a number of women. His great-uncle Lord Mountbatten advised him:In a case like yours, the man should sow his wild oats and have as many affairs as he can before settling down, but for a wife he should choose a suitable, attractive, and sweet-charactered girl before she has met anyone else she might fall for ... It is disturbing for women to have experiences if they have to remain on a pedestal after marriage. Charles's girlfriends included Georgiana Russell, the daughter of Sir John Russell, who was British ambassador to Spain; Lady Jane Wellesley, the daughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington; Davina Sheffield; Lady Sarah Spencer; and Camilla Shand, who later became his second wife and Duchess of Cornwall.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Bachelorhood
On 3 August 1912, he married Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland, in a grand ceremony performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and attended by Prince Arthur of Connaught. They had six children: The Marquess died in London, aged 61, following an operation.
Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey | Marriage and children
Roberts had now involved himself in royal circles. He played Lily Langtry, a music personality of the day, and the Prince of Wales called Roberts shot against her in a 50-up match. Roberts was still able to win the game. He toured India and knowing that the Maharajah of Jaipur was a fan, he travelled to meet him. He ended up with an annual salary of UK£500, and expenses paid for any future visits to India. Despite potential transportation difficulties, the Maharajah organised a tournament. The players all went to India, and in the opening match, Roberts was potting the red repeatedly when the Maharajah ended the game declaring the winner to be Roberts.
John Roberts Jr. (billiards player) | Playing for royalty
Cecil married three times. He married firstly in 1601 to Theodosia Noel (born 1585), daughter of Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby. They had five daughters; (1) Dorothy (1603–1652), who died unmarried, (2) Albinia (died 1660), who married Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby, (3) Elizabeth, who married Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, (4) Frances (died 1684), who married first James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele and second the Reverend Joshua Sprigge and (5) Utriche, baptised 20 March 1616 in Utrecht, probably named after Utrecht and probably died early. Following the death of his first wife, in February 1618 he married Diana Drury (d.
Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon | Family
and by that I mean a totally straight one" and as "a kind of cocoon where I could shut myself away for an hour and think". The controversy did not affect his marriage; however, it led him to leave his post as the Prince of Wales' polo manager and his position at the Guards Polo Club.
Ronald Ferguson | Polo
He is married to Melissa Ganzi, who is also a polo player. She has played polo with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Charles, Prince of Wales. They have a son and daughter Grant Ganzi and Riley Ganzi also polo players. They reside in Wellington, Florida.
Marc Ganzi | Personal life
Jenkins married Helena Leigh (née Roose) (birth registered during July→September 1879 in Wrexham district - death registered during October→December 1967 (aged 88) in Bournemouth district), sister of Wales association football international Leigh Richmond Roose, during July→September 1903 in St George Hanover Square district. Jenkins' son, C.R. Jenkins played club rugby for several teams, most notably captaining North of Ireland FC during the 1933/34 season; and like his father, he faced a touring South Africa team in 1931 whilst representing Ulster.
Jack Jenkins (rugby player) | Personal history
Charles's son Allan married the novelist Stella Gibbons. Charles died in St John's Wood, London, aged 88.
Charles Webb (cricketer) | Introduction
On 4 April, it was announced that the wedding would be postponed 24 hours until 9 April, so that the Prince of Wales could attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II as the representative of the Queen. The postponement also allowed some of the dignitaries who were invited to the funeral to attend the wedding. In keeping with tradition, the Prince of Wales spent the night apart from his bride-to-be at Highgrove House, his country home in Gloucestershire, with his sons Princes William and Harry.
Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles | Change of the wedding location and date
Phelps comes from Cardiff in Wales. In August 2014, he married England Commonwealth rifle shooter Sheree Cox.
David Phelps (sport shooter) | History
When John quit playing rugby in 1972 he also left his job as a finance representative, signing a contract to write a weekly column and cover important matches for the "Daily Express". He was also signed to take part in sport programmes presented by HTV, the Wales and West of England commercial television company. In September 1969, John married Janet Talfan Davies, daughter of Alun Talfan Davies QC, a leading Welsh lawyer. John and Jan had four children (Kathryn, Lucy, Anna and David) and as of 2016, eleven grandchildren (Emily, Rebecca, Sam, Tom, Ben, Anna, Edward, Will, Gwen, Ella and Charlotte); John and his wife are now separated.
Barry John | Personal history
Princes Andrew and Edward were the Prince of Wales's supporters (the equivalent of "best man" for a royal wedding).
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer | Attendants
In Wales, the game of "cnapan" was described at length by George Owen of Henllys, an eccentric historian of Pembrokeshire, in 1603:""This game... is thought to be of great antiquity and is as followeth. The ancient Britons being naturally a warlike nation did no doubt for the exercise of their youth in time of peace and to avoid idleness devise games of activity where each man might show his natural prowess and agility... About one or two of the clock afternoon begins the play, in this sort, after a cry made both parties draw to into some plain, all first stripped bare saving a light pair of breeches, bare-headed, bare-bodied, bare legs and feet...The foot company thus meeting, there is a round ball prepared of a reasonable quantity so as a man may hold it in his hand and no more, this ball is of some massy wood as box, yew, crab or holly tree and should be boiled in tallow for m make it slippery and hard to hold.
Medieval football | 17th century
He was active on the Sports Council for Wales (now Sport Wales) from its establishment in 1972, and within the Football Association of Wales. Edwards was married to Pat, and had no children. He died in Llandough Hospital, Cardiff, on 21 October 2008 at the age of 87.
George Edwards (Welsh footballer) | Outside football
John Graham Chambers (1843–83), born at Llanelly House, became a noted sports journalist and administrator. He was largely responsible for devising modern rules for rowing, athletics and boxing (although the latter were named after his friend, the Marquess of Queensberry). His brother Charles Campbell Chambers (1850–1906) was an active cricketer and rugby player who in 1881 was elected the first President of the Welsh Rugby Union. Charles’s son Robert Lambert Chambers married Dorothea Douglass, who as Mrs Lambert Chambers was the outstanding women’s tennis player of the early twentieth century. Further detailed research carried out by genealogist James Phillips-Evans has shown that the bloodlines of the Chambers and Stepney families were eventually united, but not until 1908 when Eleanor Etna Audley Thursby-Pelham married Alan Frederick James de Rutzen of Slebech.
Chambers family | Later generations
Touring as a rugby back division specialist he scored nine tries and was second top scorer. On 21 April 1947, Richard married Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia, in the Royal Palace of Athens. The couple had met in 1946 when Brandram was returning to England from Baghdad on the RMS "Ascania". They had one son:
Richard Brandram | Biography
During his time playing for Cardiff, Gorin met his wife Blodwen Chapman. After moving to Scunthorpe, he was initially stopped from returning home but made an agreement with his manager that if he scored a hat-trick in a match against Accrington Stanley he would be allowed to visit. Gorin duly obliged and was allowed to visit home after the game. The pair married in 1951. He was also a keen baseball player, playing for local teams and representing Wales on two occasions, in 1951 and 1954. After retiring from football, Gorin became the landlord of The Big Windsor pub in Cardiff.
Ted Gorin | Personal life
Following the marriage of King Charles I of England to Henrietta Maria of France in 1625, the British adopted the French name for the game. It went in and out of fashion among the upper classes in Britain between the 17th and early 20th centuries.
Piquet | History
The Prince of Wales's debts continued to climb, and his father refused to aid him unless he married his cousin Princess Caroline of Brunswick. In 1795, the prince acquiesced; and they were married on 8 April 1795 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. The marriage, however, was disastrous; each party was unsuited to the other. The two were formally separated after the birth of their only child, Princess Charlotte, in 1796, and remained separated thereafter. The Prince remained attached to Maria Fitzherbert for the rest of his life, despite several periods of estrangement. George's mistresses included Mary Robinson, an actress whom he paid to leave the stage; Grace Elliott, the divorced wife of a physician; and Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey, who dominated his life for some years.
George IV | Marriage and mistresses
Harry enjoys playing many sports, including competitive polo, skiing, and motocross. He is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club. Harry is also a keen Rugby football fan and supported England's bid to host rugby union's 2015 Rugby World Cup, and presented the trophy at rugby league's 2019 Challenge Cup finals.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex | Personal life
Lady Diana first met Charles, Prince of Wales, the Queen's eldest son and heir apparent, when she was 16 in November 1977. He was then dating her older sister, Lady Sarah. They were guests at a country weekend during the summer of 1980 when she watched him play polo and he took a serious interest in Diana as a potential bride. The relationship progressed when he invited her aboard the royal yacht "Britannia" for a sailing weekend to Cowes. This was followed by an invitation to Balmoral (the royal family's Scottish residence) to meet his family one weekend in November 1980.
Diana, Princess of Wales | Marriage
He married Angela Margaret Magee. They have two daughters (born January 1985 and August 1986). He is a supporter of Everton Football Club. He said "I have a passion for football. I remember, as a young man in the 1970s, watching Wales play Northern Ireland at Goodison Park, my favourite football team’s stadium."
Albert Owen | Personal life
The Prince of Wales and his mother however did not possess the same attachment to Hanover, thus influencing their decision to reject a match with Sophie Caroline. Though this match was not to be, Sophie Caroline's brother Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, married George's sister Princess Augusta in 1764, and George III's son George IV married their daughter Caroline of Brunswick, thus continuing the close ties between the two houses.
Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | George, Prince of Wales
He represented Haileybury and Cambridge at racquets, winning the silver medal in 1891. He was also a keen prize-winning golfer, and represented Britain in international fencing in Paris. His brother, J A Dixon, was captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. In 1897 he married Louise Robinson, and until his death they lived at Chestnut Road, West Norwood.
Charles P. Dixon | Other sports
During his time as Minister of Sport, he ran in many marathons and fun runs. He has been married to Margaret Hayes since 21 May 1966, and they have a son and a daughter. He enjoys a round of golf to relax and he is an avid supporter of Sheffield United football club.
Richard Caborn | Personal life
Prince scored 5 and 1, did not keep wicket and never played Test cricket again.
Charles Prince (cricketer) | Introduction
On 6 June 1682, he married Rebecca Child, who was the daughter of Sir Josiah Child of Wanstead, 1st Baronet and aunt of Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney. They had at least two children: After his death in a coach accident in 1698 he was buried in Raglan. Charles predeceased his father and, on the duke's death, the dukedom passed to Charles's son Henry. His widow remarried the Hon John Granvill in 1703.
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester | Private life
A stained glass window exists to this day depicting the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Eleanor. By all accounts, the marriage was a genuine love match; Llywelyn is not known to have fathered any illegitimate children, which is extremely unusual for the Welsh royalty. (In medieval Wales, illegitimate children were as entitled to their father's property as legitimate children.)
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd | Treaty of Aberconwy
There is a widely recounted story of Sir Charles' returning to Walton Hall to find his wife in the company of the Prince and two white ponies, which, following the Prince’s expulsion from the premises, he had shot in her presence. However, although Sir Charles acted very bitterly towards the Prince, he did not cite him in any legal action and so formal contemporaneous accounts of Lady Mordaunt’s activities tend to skirt around such episodes.
Harriet Mordaunt | Involvement of the Prince of Wales
In 1977, a newspaper report mistakenly announced his engagement to Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Bachelorhood
Pancras station in London. A descendant of Sir Charles once counted 72 bedrooms at Walton. They also had a residence in Belgrave Square, London. The Mordaunts remained part of the so-called "Marlborough House set" who were associated socially with the Prince and Princess of Wales. According to later legal reports, Sir Charles made a “handsome” settlement on his wife at the time of their marriage and initially they appeared to live “most happily together”. However, it became clear subsequently that Lady Mordaunt was in the habit of entertaining male guests alone while her husband was absent on Parliamentary business or engaged in his various sporting pursuits.
Harriet Mordaunt | Marriage
He met Judy Hayman at Cambridge and they married in April 1971. They had two sons, James and Robin, and a daughter, Lucy. Robin Martin-Jenkins played county cricket for Sussex before retiring in 2010, while elder brother James played club cricket for Radley Rangers from 1993 to 2006.
Christopher Martin-Jenkins | Personal life
In European countries, a woman who marries a prince will almost always become a princess, but a man who marries a princess will almost never become a prince, unless specifically created so. From 1301 onward, the eldest sons of the Kings of England (and later Great Britain and the United Kingdom) have generally been created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, and their wives have been titled Princess of Wales. Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom issued Letters Patent dated 21 August 1996, stating that any woman divorced from a Prince of the United Kingdom would no longer be entitled to the style "Royal Highness".
Princess | Wives of princes
Charles eventually married Henrietta Maria of France.
Maria Anna of Spain | Betrothal
Turnbull was born in Cardiff in 1906 into a large sporting family. His father, Philip, was a Welsh international hockey player, winning a bronze medal with the Welsh team at the 1908 Olympics, and six of his eight sons, including Maurice, played for Cardiff Rugby Club. Turnbull was educated at Downside School near Bath; and the school still has a bar named after him for the use of sixth formers. From Downside he went to Cambridge University and continued his connection with sport by winning sporting Blues in both cricket and hockey. On the 7 September 1939 he married Elizabeth Brooke, only daughter of William Brooke of Scunthorpe.
Maurice Turnbull | Personal history
If he becomes monarch, he will be the oldest person to do so; the current record holder being William IV, who was 64 when he became king in 1830.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Prince of Wales
Prince Rashid became officially engaged to Miss Zeina Shaban (born 1988), on 3 July 2010. They married on 22 July 2011, at the Basman Palace in Amman. A table tennis champion, Princess Zeina represented Jordan at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where she was also the national flag bearer of Jordan. The couple has two sons: Hassan (b. 2013) and Talal (b. 2016).
Prince Rashid bin Hassan | Marriage
On 18 September 1884, at St Philip's Church, Norwich, Marcon married Sophia Wyndham Winter, the elder daughter of J. J. Winter JP of Heigham House, Norwich, and they had one son, Charles Sholto Wyndham Marcon (1890–1959), and two daughters, including Constance Margaret Marcon. Their son, known as Sholto Marcon, was an international hockey player who won an Olympic Gold medal representing Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics. In "Who's Who" Marcon gave his recreations as golf, hockey, lawn tennis, and bicycling. On 18 September 1934, Mr and Mrs Charles Abdy Marcon celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They were then living at 256, Iffley Road, Oxford.
Charles Abdy Marcon | Private life
George Charles Whitcombe (21 January 1902 – 30 April 1986) was a Welsh footballer. He also captained Wales at baseball, winning a total of five caps. A product of the Welsh club, Bargoed, He was then discovered by the club of his native town, Cardiff City in 1922, before he was sold on to Stockport County in 1925. In August 1926, he moved on to Port Vale. He would remain at the club for five years, playing 55 games, as the club topped the Third Division North in 1929–30. On 27 June 1928 George took a break from football to marry Gwendoline Thomas in Grangetown, Cardiff.
George Whitcombe | Introduction
He was a building contractor by trade. He was resident in Bournemouth during the Games and travelled to the event with his wife Emma.
Charles Abbott (bowls) | Personal life
The blurb on the inside flap of the dustjacket of the first UK edition (which is also repeated opposite the title page) reads:"Believe it or not, Bobby Jones had topped his drive! He was badly bunkered. There were no eager crowds to groan with dismay. That is easily explained – for Bobby was merely the fourth son of the Vicar of Marchbolt, a small golfing resort on the Welsh coast. And Bobby, in spite of his name, was not much of a golfer. Still, that game was destined to be a memorable one. On going to play his ball, Bobby suddenly came upon the body of a man.
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Dustjacket blurb
Parker Bowles assumed the title Duchess of Cornwall. The proceedings of the Service of Prayer and Dedication were covered by the BBC network. Notable figures in attendance included international political, religious, and royal figures, and various celebrities. The wedding was described by the media as a "A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups."
Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles | Introduction
Early in 1974, Mountbatten began corresponding with Charles about a potential marriage to Amanda Knatchbull, who was Mountbatten's granddaughter. Charles wrote to Amanda's mother—Lady Brabourne, who was also his godmother—expressing interest in her daughter, to which she replied approvingly, though she suggested that a courtship with the not yet 17-year-old girl was premature. Four years later, Mountbatten arranged for Amanda and himself to accompany Charles on his 1980 tour of India. Both fathers, however, objected; Philip feared that Charles would be eclipsed by his famous uncle (who had served as the last British Viceroy and first Governor-General of India), while Lord Brabourne warned that a joint visit would concentrate media attention on the cousins before they could decide on becoming a couple.
Charles, Prince of Wales | Bachelorhood
He married international player Doris Jordan in 1938. He is the father of Ann Haydon Jones, a finalist at the World Table Tennis Championships and a Grand Slam winner in tennis. He also played for the Warwickshire County Cricket Club 2nd XI.
Adrian Haydon | Personal life
Harland married Charlie Seccombe, a former hockey coach at Reading and Director of GB&I - Dyson Professional, on 27 August 2011 in Canterbury, Kent.
Georgina Harland | Personal life
Prince of Wales's has not won a match since 1977.
Prince of Wales–St. Sebastian's Cricket Encounter | History
(Prince Charles's privately owned Duchy of Cornwall provides 95 per cent.) The term "step[ping] back" was also used, including by the couple themselves.
Megxit | In media