King Charles III was known as Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, before his accession to the throne on 8 September.
Here’s a look at 10 people, places, and things named in honor of King Charles III.
Prince Charles Island
Uninhabited and extremely cold, the world’s 78th largest island is in the Nunavut region of northern Canada. The lowland island, with an area of 9,521 square kilometers (3,676 sq mi), was first sighted by a tugboat in 1932, then rediscovered in 1948 by the Canadian Air Force Photo Squadron and named after the newborn prince. Gone.
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
The daughter of his eldest son, Prince William, was named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana after William’s parents and Queen Elizabeth II. He was born on 2 May 2015. Changes in the law on the order of succession in 2011 meant she could not be surpassed by her younger brother, Prince Louis, who was born in 2018.
Princess Charlotte of Wales is the eldest son of Charles and the only daughter of heir Prince William and his wife Catherine.
Prince of Wales Glacier
The Antarctic Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, named after his mother, flows about 18 kilometers north. It was named by the 1961–1962 New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition.
Prince Charles Stream Tree Fog
Discovered in 2008 among specimens collected for a museum, Haloscartus princecharlesi, a species of frog found in Ecuador, was named in honor of the prince in recognition of his work advocating rainforest conservation and the fight against deforestation it was done.
carbuncle cup
The new king was famously outspoken on modern architecture and in 1984, when he described a proposed extension to the National Gallery of London as a “monstrous carbuncle”, the institution was forced to rethink. The Carbuncle Cup Architecture Prize is awarded to Britain’s ugliest building completed in the past 12 months by Building Design magazine.
Charles famously described the proposed expansion of the National Gallery in London as a ‘monstrous carbuncle’. (wikipedia)
Prince’s Faith
Charles founded the charity in 1976 with his £7,500 naval severance pay. The Trust aims to build confidence and motivation of underprivileged youth by providing training, mentoring and grants. The trust had helped over one lakh underprivileged youth find a business.
Prince Charles Cinema
The only independent cinema in London’s Leicester Square, home of British film premieres, the PCC hosts regular solo screenings of films such as “The Sound of Music”, “Grease” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, with cinematographers drawn to . Character.
It opened as a theater in 1962 before becoming a porn cinema, hosting Britain’s longest-running “Emmanuel”.
HMS Prince of Wales
The aircraft carrier, launched in 2017, is similar to HMS Queen Elizabeth. The pair are the largest warships Britain has ever built. The 65,000-tonne vessel can carry 36 F-35B fighter jets and four Merlin helicopters. It broke down in late August 2022, with significant damage to the propeller shaft and had to be returned to Portsmouth.
HMS Prince of Wales is the second of the Royal Navy’s Qi class aircraft carriers. (Photo: Wikipedia)
No. 2007 Prince of Wales
Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive is set to enter service in 2025.
A publicly funded £6 million project is recreating the Gresley-class P2 Mikado, six of which were built in the 1930s. Charles has been a big supporter of the project and the new locomotive was named to mark his 65th birthday.
Royal Trek, Nepal
The Royal Trek route was named after Charles and his crew traced the route in 1980.
The journey from central Pokhara to the Annapurna region can take four or nine days and reach 2,200 metres. There is also Charles Point Lookout in southeast Nepal, with dramatic views of Mount Everest.
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