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Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, was just 22 when she gave birth to the future King Charles III on November 14, 1948 at Buckingham Palace. As her eldest son, and therefore heir to the throne, the pair had a close relationship. In the latter years of her life, the then Prince Of Wales often joined his mother at official engagements, as well as attending events on her behalf.
Now, King Charles has officially been crowned along with his wife, Queen Camilla. In February 2022, his mother – on the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne – had expressed her “sincere wish” that “when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service”.
In honor of King Charles’s III Coronation, see the most touching photographs of the Queen and Charles together over the years.
1948
Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, with the then Prince Charles as a one-month-old. The portrait was taken by Cecil Beaton.
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1948
Princess Elizabeth with Charles as a baby.
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1948
The future Queen Elizabeth II with Charles in the drawing room at Buckingham Palace after his christening ceremony.
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1949
The then Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip and a six-month-old Prince Charles.
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1949
Princess Elizabeth with Charles as a baby.
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1950
Princess Elizabeth with Prince Charles and Princess Anne as a baby, on their way to Balmoral.
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1950
Princess Elizabeth and Charles at Clarence House, watching a procession during the visit of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.
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1951
The future Queen Elizabeth II with a young Prince Charles at London Airport.
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1952
The Queen with Charles and Anne at Balmoral.
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1952
The Queen and Charles helping Anne through an open window at Balmoral Castle.
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1952
Princess Elizabeth with Prince Charles in a toy car at Balmoral.
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1956
Queen Elizabeth II with the then Prince Charles at a polo match at Windsor Great Park.
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1969
The Queen and Charles at Windsor Castle.
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1969
Queen Elizabeth II crowns her son the Prince of Wales at his Investiture at Caernarfon Castle, Wales.
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1970
The Queen and Charles arrive on Baffin Island during a visit to Canada.
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1985
Charles kisses his mother’s hand following a polo match at Windsor.
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2002
Prince Charles kisses the Queen’s hand when greeting her at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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2003
Queen Elizabeth II pictured with Prince Charles and Prince William at Clarence House.
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2006
The Queen, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall at the Braemar Gathering in the Highlands, Scotland.
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2009
The Queen and Charles at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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2009
The Queen and Prince Charles with a copy of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother: The Official Biography at Birkhall, on the Balmoral Estate.
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2012
Queen Elizabeth II and Charles laughing together at the Braemar Gathering.
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2017
Charles accompanying the Queen at the State Opening Of Parliament.
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2018
Queen Elizabeth II and Charles at a Buckingham Palace state banquet for King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Maxima.
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2018
The Queen and Prince Charles at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Buckingham Palace.
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2019
The then Prince Charles with the Queen at the State Opening of Parliament.
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2019
Another shot of the Queen and Charles at the State Opening of Parliament.
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2021
The Queen and Charles launching the Queen’s Green Canopy tree-planting initiative at Windsor Castle.
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2021
The Queen and Prince Charles walking on the Balmoral Estate, ahead of a tree-planting session for the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative.
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2022
Queen Elizabeth II and the future King Charles III on the Buckingham Palace balcony during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
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Originally published in Vogue.co.uk
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