Ladies and gentlemen, please raise your glasses to toast the Prince of Wales for breaking the record for the longest time spent waiting to ascend the British throne.
It is nice to have a royal story that isn’t the wedding. This story was just released by Clarence House who have announced that Prince Charles has now become the longest heir apparent in British history and will remain so until he ascends the throne after Queen Elizabeth.
At age 62, he has been waiting since the 6 February 1952, a massive 59 years!
The previous record holder, if that is the right expression, was Edward VII who took over from Queen Victoria on the 22 January 1901 – she herself holding the record for the longest time on the throne.
There’s no word yet as to whether the Guinness Book of Records have been informed or if indeed there will be any celebrations at Clarence House, although one would suspect they may be a little busy with all the preparations for the big event on April 29th.
Rather aptly, the BBC have the prince appearing to toast himself.
