At a remote Scottish boarding school, King Charles III spent his formative years developing a passion for the arts and environment, and according to one letter home a biographer quoted, dealing with bullies and wishing he could go home.
Charles, the new British monarch, was 13 when in May 1962 he began attending Gordonstoun, a private school on the north coast of Scotland where his late father Prince Philip had also studied and wanted his son to go.
Charles found aspects of life hard at a school that had rugged practices such as sending pupils on early morning runs followed by a cold shower. Charles' son Harry also suggested it had negatively impacted on Charles, talking during a discussion on parenting about "the pain and suffering" his father had suffered.
"It was only tough in the sense that it demanded more of you as an individual than most other schools did — either mentally or physically. I am lucky in that I believe it taught me a great deal about myself and my own abilities and disabilities. It taught me to accept challenges and take the initiative.
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