As Charles is heralded as His Majesty, the King, following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, we take a look at some of the dashing and handsome pictures snapped of him through the years.
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This is a man reporting in for duty, a man who has spent his whole life training to be the King of England – and now his reign has begun.
But there’s another side to Charles worth celebrating. While it might be an unpopular opinion, this royalists among us truly believe that the King of England is extremely dashing.
Look past his bumbling goofiness, his scandal-prone past and the flushed complexion and you’ll find an unlikely pin-up who was indeed quite a babe back in his heyday. And he has great posture.
From his ripped six-pack, impressive sporting prowess, impeccable style, and at one point, a rugged beard that would give Prince Harry a run for his money, Charles’ underrated good looks in his youth don’t get nearly enough airtime.
Speaking of his dapper dress sense, Charles says he’s “a classic, timeless, man.”
“I have always believed in trying to keep as many of my clothes and shoes going for as long as possible (some go back to 1971 and one jacket to 1969!) – through patches and repairs – and in this way I tend to be in fashion once every 25 years,” he once revealed to The Australian Financial Review Magazine.
Adding: “It is extraordinary how fashions change and, speaking as someone who, on the whole, hates throwing away things without finding another use for them or mending them, I couldn’t be more delighted if, at last, there is a growing awareness of the urgent need to get away from the ‘throwaway society’ and to move towards a more ‘circular economy.'”
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Ahh a royal who uses his powers for good – and looks ever so swanky while doing it.
We’ve rounded up a whole treasure trove of photos which show the new King’s most surprisingly handsome moments.