Charles III, the name of the future king of England?

The Prince of Wales can choose any of his names to reign, not necessarily ‘Charles’ NIUS When the 73-year-old Prince Charles of England succeeds his mother Elizabeth II, he might be expected to reign under the name ‘Charles’. It would be Carlos III, the first ‘Carlos’ in several centuries. The last was Charles II of the House of Stuart who died in 1685 and converted to Catholicism at the end of his life. The previous one, Carlos I was the only king executed in England after the revolt led by Cromwell at the height of the religious conflicts. But the Prince of Wales has the power to choose his royal name and, with such an inauspicious background, he could choose to choose another of his names to reign. He was baptized as Carlos Felipe Arturo Jorge and some rumors have spread for years that he would like to reign as Jorge VIII in homage to his grandfather, the queen’s father, Jorge VI, who died of lung cancer in 1952. Another option is that of Felipe I , the name by which his father was known. In any case, it would not be the first name change upon accession to the throne in the House of Windsor. Before reigning, Jorge VI was known as ‘Bertie’, by the first of his given names: Alberto Federico Arturo Jorge. Elizabeth II’s father decided to reign with the same name as his father, George V. He came to the throne unexpectedly, when his older brother Edward VIII renounced the crown to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson and spent the rest of his life outside the United Kingdom under the name of Duke of Windsor. Edward VIII had also changed his name to reign. Before donning the crown he was known as David and Albert. Prince Charles could do the same and choose ‘George’ as his royal name to underscore the continuity of the House of Windsor.