King Charles' Two Children: Prince William and Prince Harry

06-12-2022

By Jawad Hussain

Prince William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, were born to King Charles and Princess Diana.

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Prince Harry and Prince William have endured much together.

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The royal brothers were often called the "heir and spare" as the offspring of King Charles and Princess Diana, and the phrase has lingered with them as they've lived in the royal spotlight.

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Prince William was born in June 1982, the first son of Charles and Diana. In September 1984, Prince Harry was born to the former couple.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 2020 announcement that they would leave royal duties and move to California caused a breach in the royal family.

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"These two brothers — once intimate and now separated by far more than simple distance — have been acting out the inconsistencies that go back into their childhoods and even before that: into their parents' ill-fated marriage," royal author Robert Lacey said in 2020.

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"We have had heir and spare fights in every recent generation of the royal family—but nothing so profound as this."

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Here's all about King Charles' two children, from childhood to fatherhood.

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