Following the proclamation, a village in Puri district offered prayers for him. But did you know that King Charles-III had once visited this village in 1980?
According to reports, Prince Charles visited Hariharpur village in Nimapara during his Konark Visit on December 4, 1980. He was 32 then. Charles had stayed at the Governor’s house in Bhubaneswar and paid a visit to Haripur village. Prince Charles also drank green coconut in the village and saw how the green coconuts are plucked from the tree and how the baskets are woven.
Born on November 14, 1948, he was the first child of Elizabeth and Philip, then the princess and prince. At the age of 19, he formally became the Prince of Wales on July 1, 1969.
He married Lady Diana Spencer on July 29, 1981, and became the first royal heir since 1660 to marry an English woman.
In August 1996, Diana and Charles parted their ways and got legally divorced.
After Diana's demise in a car accident, Charles remarried Camilla Parker Bowles in April 2005. Soon, the couple got the royal title of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall.
