China News Service, September 9. According to the official news of the British royal family, after Buckingham Palace announced the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Prince Charles immediately succeeded to the throne as the king of the United Kingdom.

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  Prince Charles was born on November 14, 1948, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, and the first in line to the British royal family.

He is the longest-reigning heir to the throne in British history.