A week before the coronation of Charles III. Cambridge University has released a photo of the King as a student. The postage stamp-sized portrait shows the then 18-year-old heir apparent in October 1967 in Trinity College’s famous Wren Library. A note reads: “Wales. HRH, The Prince of.”
Charles was known as the Prince of Wales until he became king himself following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022. He will be crowned in London’s Westminster Abbey on May 6th.
The black-and-white picture of Charles’s matriculation had been kept in Trinity College’s archives for 56 years. The Queen’s eldest son studied archeology and anthropology in his first year at Cambridge, followed by two years of history. In 1970 he completed his studies.
At the time, Charles registered at the university as “Charles, Philip, Arthur, George, Prince of Wales”, named his father “Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh” and his address “Buckingham Palace, London”.
