King Charles has long enjoyed a particular family tradition, but he revealed that those days are “for him” after becoming King and receiving a cancer diagnosis.
King Charles revealed this year he has been forced to give up a much-loved hobby which has been a huge part of the royal family’s life for generations. During his ill-fated marriage to Princess Diana, the couple spent many an annual winter holiday skiing with Princes William and Harry, and the tradition has now been passed down to the brothers’ own children.
However, 77-year-old Charles told a group of employees earlier this year that he believed his “skiiing days are behind me” when he made an official royal visit to a Middlesbrough factory. His annual ski trips are thought to have been canceled in 2023 for safety reasons prior to the coronation taking place in May that year. The King was subsequently unable to take any activity-filled vacations because his cancer diagnosis was revealed in early February of that year.
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The family made numerous winter trips to Klosters in the Swiss Alps when William and Harry, now 43 and 41, were younger, and cousin Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice also traveled there.
However, when Charles, William, and Harry were photographed in front of cameras during their trip in March 2005 due to a plight-causing microphone issue, their trip became more well-known than most. Charles’ mic picked him up talking about Nicholas Witchell, the BBC’s royal correspondent at the time, saying, “Bloody people. That man is beyond me. He is really awful, really.
William and Harry flew to Whistler, Canada, with Charles, on another occasion in 1998, one year after losing their mother. Before Diana’s passing, she enjoyed visiting Lech in Austria with the boys. She famously asked “As a parent, I ask you respect my children’s space” when she confronted photographers who had been hired to cover their Lech visit.
Nowadays, the Prince and Princess of Wales love taking their three children, George, Charlotte and Louis on ski holidays, and royal reporter Richard Palmer says, “I’m sure William and Kate will be planning another winter ski break with the kids, because it’s something they love doing together.
The Prince and Princess have traveled extensively and have had the opportunity to ski very well. George, Charlotte, and Louis have also had the opportunity to compete. In fact, William and Kate were first discovered dating in Klosters in 2004 when they were spotted skiiing together.
They were holidaying with a group of friends. Two years later, they were photographed kissing in the same resort, with the images taking the world by storm and showing it was serious between them.
Since then, the pair has skied with Middleton family members and have frequently gone back to Klosters. After spending six weeks with the RAF, William whisked Kate to Verbier, which is also in the Swiss Alps, to make up for her missing Valentine’s Day.
Source: Mirror
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