Factbox: Little known facts about King Charles: One-time jockey and hedgelayer

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King Charles will be crowned next month in London. Here are some little known facts about the monarch

Charles is the first monarch to have gone to school, as all his predecessors were educated by private tutors.

He went to Trinity College, Cambridge, to study archaeology and physical and social anthropology but later changed to history. He also spent a term at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth learning Welsh.As a young prince, Charles loved skiing, surfing, and scuba diving. He was a keen polo player for more than 40 years until he finally retired from the sport in 2005, aged 57.

Charles is passionate about the arts and especially Shakespeare, from whose works he quoted a number of times in the aftermath of succeeding his mother Queen Elizabeth. His office revealed in 2020 that after he plants a tree, he often gives a branch a friendly shake to wish it well.

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