Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip had their first child, Prince Charles, in 1948, around a year after they got married
Next came Princess Anne, who was born one year after her brother Charles while, in 1960, the couple welcomed another son, Prince Andrew, and, in 1964, Prince Edward
Notably, the children did not spend much time with their parents as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh both had royal duties to carry out
Camilla Parker Bowles' tiara worth millions more than Princess Diana's Camilla Parker Bowles: What the Duchess did before she met Charles Prince Charles reportedly described his childhood as "lonely and heartbreaking" and according to numerous sources close to the royal family, his relationship with his father turned incredibly "difficult" as he grew up
In 2005 book "Charles & Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair", royal author Gyles Brandreth drew a comparison of their respective childhoods
According to the book, the Prince of Wales very much sees himself as a victim of Philip's "harsh" and "hectoring" parenting methods and recalled the time when his father made him cry in front of thousands
Mr Brandreth wrote: "The Duchess of Cornwall only has fond and grateful memories of her father
"'He was wonderful when we were children,' she says, 'he's always been fantastic – a great support for everything
' "Prince Charles, on the other hand, recalls being pretty heavily dropped on by the Duke of Edinburgh on numerous occasions
"At mealtimes, in front of guests, his father's banter regularly reduced the young Duke of Cornwall to silence and incipient tears
"On one occasion at the the Braemar Highland Games in front of thousands, father publicly rebuked son for fidgeting
" Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith in "Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life" also noted how Charles was often "belittled" by his father tough's personality
According to Ms Smith, the Duke of Edinburgh worried Charles was too "soft" and would eventually turn vulnerable and weak
Prince Philip confessed in an interview that he and Charles are two very different individuals in terms of how they see things and that is why they do not get along
The Duke reportedly said to Mr Brandreth: "He is a romantic. I am a pragmatist – that means we do see things differently
"And because I don't see things as a romantic would, I'm unfeeling."
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