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...first year at Cheam, thedistinction became more obvious. One day in thesummer of 1958, Charles was gathered with a few ofhis friends to watch his mother's broadcast at theCommonwealth Games held in Cardiff, Wales. Becauseshe was ill, the Queen sent her husband tointroduce a tape recorded message. At theconclusion, Queen Elizabeth announced that she wascreating her nine-year-old son Charles, Prince ofWales. Charles recalled in later life that he was"acutely embarrassed when it was announced...