Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor1,2

M, (14 November 1948 - )
Name Variation He was also known as Prince Charles. 
Name Variation He was also known as His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.2 
Birth*14 November 1948 He was born on 14 November 1948 at Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England.2 
Marriage*29 July 1981 He married Diana Frances Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral, City of London, London, England, on 29 July 1981 at age 32.2 

Family

Diana Frances Spencer (1 July 1961 - 31 August 1997)
Children
Last Edited8 February 2011

Citations

  1. As a titled royal, Charles holds no surname, but, when one is used, it is Mountbatten-Windsor, although, according to letters patent dated February 1960, his official surname was Windsor.
  2. Charles, Prince of Wales. (2008, March 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:11, March 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%2C_Prince_of_Wales&oldid=197019078
  3. Prince William of Wales. (2008, March 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:21, March 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/inex.php?title=Prince_William_of_Wales&oldid=196973559
  4. Prince Henry of Wales. (2008, March 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:42, March 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_Henry_of_Wales&oldid=197085737

William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor1,2

M, (21 June 1982 - )
FatherCharles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor2 (14 Nov 1948 - )
MotherDiana Frances Spencer2 (1 Jul 1961 - 31 Aug 1997)
Name Variation He was also known as Prince William. 
Name Variation He was also known as His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales.2 
Birth*21 June 1982 He was born on 21 June 1982 at Paddington, West London, England.2 
Biography*March 2008 Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales. He is second in the line of succession to the British throne and those of each of the other Commonwealth Realms. As the son of the Prince of Wales and the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William is a member of the British Royal Family. He was the first Prince to be born into the immediate Royal family since the birth of Prince Edward in 1964.

The prince is as of 2007 serving as a Cornet in the Blues and Royals regiment of the British Army's Household Cavalry, together with his younger brother, Prince Harry. Within his regiment, he is known as Cornet William Wales. In 2008 William was enrolled in the pilot training program at RAF Cranwell where he is referred to as "Flying Officer Wales", he was given the callsign Billy the Fish by his fellow pilots being a pun on his name William Wales which also uses a part of his father's title for his surname.

Childhood
Prince William was born on 21 June 1982 (21:03) at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West London, England. His father is Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His mother is the late Diana, Princess of Wales, youngest daughter of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and Frances Ruth Burke-Roche. As a male-line grandchild of the British monarch and son of the Prince of Wales, he is styled "His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales". As a child, he was affectionately called by his parents Wombat, Camel, or Wills.

He was baptised by then Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Robert Runcie, on 4 August 1982, on the 82nd birthday of his paternal great grandmother Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The baptism took place in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace. His godparents are: former King Constantine II of Greece, Sir Laurens van der Post, Princess Alexandra, the Duchess of Westminster, Lord Brabourne and Lady Susan Hussey.

Through his maternal grandfather, Prince William has descended from King Charles II of England and King James II of England. William, should he become King, will be the first monarch since Queen Anne to be descended from Charles I of England.

He has a younger brother, Prince Henry of Wales, born 15 September 1984.

On 1 March 1991 (Saint David's Day), Prince William made his first official public appearance during a visit to Cardiff, the capital of Wales. After arriving by plane, the eight-year-old prince was taken by his parents to Llandaff Cathedral. After a tour of the cathedral, he signed its visitors' book, demonstrating that he was left-handed. Photographs of the Prince taken during his visit are on permanent display at the cathedral. On his departure, numerous school children and local residents from the surrounding area presented gifts to him, which he received with a smile and the whispered words "thank you".

On 3 June 1991, Prince William was admitted to the Royal Berkshire Hospital after being hit on the side of the forehead by another pupil wielding a golf club. The Prince did not lose consciousness, but suffered a depressed fracture of the skull and was operated on at the Great Ormond Street Hospital. A slight scar is still visible today.

On 31 August 1997 at 12:21 am, Prince William's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car accident in Paris. Her death came days after she spent a holiday in southern France with her boyfriend at that time Dodi Al-Fayed. Both princes were staying with the Queen and their father at Balmoral Castle at the time. Their father, Charles, waited until the early morning to tell them the tragic news.

At his mother's funeral, Prince William accompanied his father, brother, his grandfather Prince Philip and his uncle Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer in the funeral cortège from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. During his eulogy, the Earl Spencer promised that the Spencer family would take an active interest in looking after Diana's children, although William has seen little of him since then and also had little contact with Frances Shand Kydd, Diana's mother. It was said William was very upset that his mother was stripped of her title of HRH when she divorced.

Education
Prince William attended independent schools in southern England. In his early years he was a pupil at Mrs Jane Mynors' nursery school and the pre-preparatory Wetherby School, both in West London. In 1987. Then, he attended Ludgrove School in Berkshire, a preparatory school. After passing an entrance exam, he went on to Eton College in Berkshire. Whilst there, he studied geography, biology, maths and history of art at A-level. He was a keen football player and captained his house team.

Like a growing number of British teenagers, Prince William chose to take a gap year after finishing Eton College. He took part in a British Army training exercise in Belize. He spent the final stage of his gap year in southern Chile in a small town called Tortel. There, he was a guest rap DJ for the small radio station, which he took much delight in doing. And he became as a volunteer with Raleigh International. Pictures of the prince cleaning a toilet were broadcast around the world.

After his gap year, Prince William attended the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland from 2001, graduating in 2005. He embarked on a degree course in History of Art, but later changed his main subject to Geography. William earned a Scottish Master of Arts degree with upper-second class honours, the highest academic achievement of any heir to the British and other Commonwealth Realm thrones. He became the youngest British Royal to receive a bachelor's degree in history. At St Andrews, the Prince used the name William Wales.

In January 2006, Prince William began his cadet course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to train as an Army Officer, joining his brother who had been there since May 2005. He graduated in December 2006, following his brother into the Blues and Royals.

Royal duties and career
At the age of 21, as second in line to the throne, he became eligible to become a Counsellor of State, and first served in that capacity when the Queen was abroad on a state visit to Nigeria in 2003.

In July 2005, William carried out his first official engagements representing The Queen, as Queen of New Zealand, at World War II commemorations in New Zealand. In the autumn of 2005, the prince took two work placements. He initially worked in land management at Chatsworth House, a Peak District estate of the Duke of Devonshire. William's second work placement was with the HSBC Group in London.

William's first patronage was to the UK charity Centrepoint, which works with homeless young people. During his mother's patronage to the charity, William would occasionally accompany her on visits. William is also patron of the Tusk Trust, an African conservation charity based in the UK.

The prince has been the president of England's Football Association since May 2006. In August 2006 it was announced that he would become Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union from February 2007, supporting his grandmother the Queen, who is Patron of the WRU. In 2007 the WRU's decision to name a new cup for test matches between Wales and South Africa the Prince William Cup caused controversy, with many believing it would be more fitting to name the cup after the late Ray Gravell, with thousands signing on-line petitions.

In August of 2006, the Queen appointed Prince William to two patronages of the Royal Navy. William is Commodore-in-Chief for Scotland and Commodore-in-Chief for submarines.

Like many of his predecessors, Prince William has chosen to serve in the British Armed Forces. On 15 December 2006, Prince William graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS). The graduation parade was attended by the Queen and the Prince of Wales, along with other members of the Royal Family and Kate Middleton, Prince William's girlfriend. Prince William officially received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant at a midnight ceremony on 15 December 2006. Following the announcement in September, Prince William followed his younger brother into the Blues and Royals as a troop leader. Prince William will now spend four months at Bovington Camp in Dorset, training to become a troop commander in an armoured reconnaissance unit.

Prince William and Prince Harry have both indicated that they would be prepared to undertake active service. Given his position in the succession and the reluctance of previous British governments to allow the heir to the throne to be put into dangerous situations, it remains to be seen if this wish will be fully realised. However, Major General Sebastian Roberts, general officer commanding the Household Division, indicated it was possible that the prince could be deployed to a conflict zone. However, Prince Harry's May 2007 deployment was cancelled because of "specific threats".

Unlike Prince Harry, who will continue as a career soldier, Prince William will go on to spend time with both the RAF and the Royal Navy to prepare him for his future role. He will also increasingly carry out public engagements in parallel to his military career.

Prince William has also reportedly expressed a desire to become the Governor General of Australia.[citation needed] That such a desire should ever be fulfilled remains doubtful, according to John Howard the former Prime Minister of Australia, who said "We have for a long time embraced the idea that the person who occupies that post should be in every way an Australian citizen".

In July 2007, Prince William represented the Royal Family when he opened the 21st World Scout Jamboree celebrating the centennial of the founding of the Scout Movement.

On Saturday 6 October 2007, it was revealed that Prince William's former Platoon Commander, Major Alexis Roberts, had been killed in Afghanistan, making Major Roberts the most senior British officer to be killed since the beginning of the conflict in 2001. Prince William was said to be "deeply saddened" at the death of his former platoon commander.

In January 2008, Second Lieutenant Wales after only a year in the Blues and Royals has embarked on attachment to the Royal Air Force, having completed his first RAF pre-training flight which will then follow a 4-month pilot course in which after he will be able to fly RAF aircraft. After completing his attachment with the RAF the Prince will also go onto further secondment to the Royal Navy, following in the footsteps of his father, Charles, Prince of Wales, who is able to fly both helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft. William is thought to be taking these attachments in order to prepare himself for any future career as Head of the Armed Forces, when he becomes King.

Prince William will go on further attachment on a Royal Navy destroyer or frigate this year, it was revealed on 1 March 2008. The Prince will go on to serve no less than 30 days at the Navy's lowest Officer level rank of Sub-Lieutenant and will be sent to the front-line in one of the world's current trouble spots, at the end of his conquest he will receive a Campaign medal just like his brother Harry is expected to receive for his 10-week deployment on active service to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. William will be going to fight when his brother has just returned from fighting.2
 
Last Edited1 January 2012

Citations

  1. As a titled royal, William holds no surname, but, when one is used, it is Mountbatten-Windsor (or, more colloquially, his father's territorial designation, Wales.)
  2. Prince William of Wales. (2008, March 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:21, March 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/inex.php?title=Prince_William_of_Wales&oldid=196973559

Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor1,2

M, (15 September 1984 - )
FatherCharles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor2 (14 Nov 1948 - )
MotherDiana Frances Spencer2 (1 Jul 1961 - 31 Aug 1997)
Name Variation He was also known as Prince Harry.2 
Name Variation He was also known as His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales.2 
Birth*15 September 1984 He was born on 15 September 1984 at Paddington, West London, England.2 
Biography*March 2008 Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984), commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and his first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. A grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, he is third in the line of succession to the thrones of the United Kingdom and the other fifteen Commonwealth realms, behind his father and his older brother, Prince William.

Prince Harry holds the rank of Second Lieutenant (known in the regiment as Cornet) in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry of the British Army, the lowest Officer rank just like his brother, Prince William. Harry was a tank commander, trained to lead a 12-man team in four armoured reconnaissance vehicles. After the decision not to send him to Iraq, he retrained as a battlefield air controller, the job he performed in Afghanistan. He was serving on the front line in Afghanistan although he was pulled out on February 29, 2008 after the world media found out about his presence there and the British authorities became concerned for his safety and the safety of those around him. He had served in Afghanistan between December 14, 2007 and February 29, 2008, for a total of 77 days.

Harry's full title is His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales, although he is commonly referred to as Prince Harry. As a prince, he does not need a surname (which would be Mountbatten-Windsor, if needed). Like his brother William, however, Harry often uses "Wales" in place of a surname when required.

Early Life
Prince Harry was born on 15 September 1984, at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in central London, England, and was christened on 21 December of the same year at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Robert Runcie. His godparents were his uncle, the Duke of York; Lady Sarah Chatto; Lady Vestey; Mrs. William Bartholomew; the portrait painter, Mr. Bryan Organ; and Mr. Gerald Ward.

Harry attended Mrs. Jane Mynors's nursery school in West London, as did William. He later followed his brother to the Wetherby School, and later to Ludgrove School in Berkshire. He then attended Eton College located in Berkshire in 1998. In June 2003, he completed his education at Eton with two A-levels obtaining a B in Art and a D in Geography. At school, he developed his love of sport, particularly polo and rugby union. The Prince has shown a keen interest in abseiling. He has also participated in the Eton Wall Game.

After finishing Eton, Harry undertook a gap year, visiting Australia and Africa. In Australia, he, like his father before him, worked on a cattle station, and watched the 2003 Rugby World Cup being held in the country. In Africa, he worked in an orphanage in Lesotho. Later in the year, he travelled to Argentina on holiday.

On 8 May 2005, the Prince entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. There, he was known as Officer Cadet Wales instead of using his royal title, and was part of Alamein Company.

Royal duties
As a serving soldier, Prince Harry currently has no official Royal Engagements. However, at the age of 21, and as third in line to the throne, he became eligible to serve as a Counsellor of State (first filling this role in 2005 when the Queen was on a state visit to Malta).

In April 2006, Prince Harry launched a charity with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to aid children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. The charity is named Sentebale: The Princes' Fund for Lesotho; the name, Sentebale being a Sesotho word meaning forget-me-not, is meant to honour both princes' mothers: the Princess of Wales, who died in 1997; and Queen 'MaMohato of Lesotho, who died in 2003. Prince Harry was in Lesotho to launch the charity and to make a return visit to Mants'ase Children's Home near Mohale's Hoek, which he visited in 2004 during his gap year.

Along with his elder brother, Harry spearheaded the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium, on 1 July 2007. Attended by 63,000 people, and broadcast in 140 countries, the concert raised funds for charities such as the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, Centrepoint and Harry's own Sentebale.2 
Last Edited8 February 2011

Citations

  1. As a titled royal, Harry holds no surname, but, when one is used, it is Mountbatten-Windsor (or, more colloquially, his father's territorial designation, Wales.)
  2. Prince Henry of Wales. (2008, March 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:42, March 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_Henry_of_Wales&oldid=197085737

Robin Hough1

M, (say 1943 - 13 January 2006)
Birth*say 1943 He was born say 1943.1 
Death*13 January 2006 He died on 13 January 2006.1 
Last Edited27 December 2010

Citations

  1. E-mail written 2008-2009 to Warren Culpepper from Dr. Joseph Aurel Culpepper (#58181), Bloomington, IL, e-mail address.

Robert Augustus Culpepper1

M, (9 April 1917 - 30 July 1917)
FatherJoseph Elisha Culpepper1 (9 Apr 1872 - 13 Feb 1946)
MotherEmily Evans Jeter1 (21 Mar 1882 - 21 Dec 1939)
Birth*9 April 1917 He was born on 9 April 1917.1 
Death*30 July 1917 He died on 30 July 1917.1 
Last Edited13 March 2008

Citations

  1. E-mail written 2008-2009 to Warren Culpepper from Dr. Joseph Aurel Culpepper (#58181), Bloomington, IL, e-mail address.

Christopher Culpepper1

M, (say 1933 - )
Birth*say 1933 He was born say 1933. 
Marriage*say 1956 He married Janie (?) say 1956. 

Family

Janie (?) (say 1936 - )
Last Edited13 March 2008

Citations

  1. The ancestry of this person is unknown. If you can help in identification of the parents or other relatives, please contact Warren Culpepper, using the link at the bottom of this page.