Origin
Charles III Windsor
November 14, 1948 · Buckingham Palace, London
This is you
b. 1948
1948
Cloth, paper, and a family name
A book you can hold.
Two linen hardcovers. One for a child, one for the whole house. Cream paper, printed near the people who will hold it.
A public family, as a book
Turn the pages.
This is a public family, typeset. Names, wives, husbands, the places they lived. Yours will read the same way.
Origin
Who you come from
For Charles III — the names that were already waiting.
This is you
Charles III Windsor
14 November 1948 · Buckingham Palace, London
You
b. 1948
King of the United Kingdom from 2022. Welcome to the Windsor family. You were the first child of this house.
This is you
The day you arrived
Buckingham Palace, London
You arrived on November 14, 1948. It was autumn. You were born in Buckingham Palace, London. A London house that became the working heart of a monarchy.
The names
Your name
Charles
Charles
b. 1948
Charles means a free man. You share a name with Charles Armstrong-Jones.
Your mother
Elizabeth II Windsor
1926–2022 · Mayfair, London
Mother
1926–2022
Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952–2022. Lived in London, Windsor, Balmoral, Scotland. A city on a tidal river, older than most of the kingdoms that have ruled it. Your mother was born in Mayfair, London.
Your father
Philip Mountbatten
1921–2021 · Corfu, Greece
Father
1921–2021
Duke of Edinburgh. Consort of Elizabeth II. Your father was born in Corfu, Greece.
This is you
How old they were
Mother
1926–2022
Father
1921–2021
Elizabeth II Windsor was 22 years old. Philip Mountbatten was 27 years old. You arrived the year after they married.
They were married
1947
Westminster Abbey, London
—— 1947 ——
Westminster Abbey, London
Wife
1926–2022
Husband
1921–2021
They were married in Westminster Abbey, London, before you arrived. A city on a tidal river, older than most of the kingdoms that have ruled it.
The household
Windsor & Mountbatten
Mother
1926–2022
Father
1921–2021
You
b. 1948
Sister
b. 1950
Brother
b. 1960
Brother
b. 1964
This is the house that received you.
Brothers and sisters
Brothers and sisters
Younger sister
b. 1950
Younger brother
b. 1960
Younger brother
b. 1964
Anne Windsor is your younger sister. Andrew Windsor is your younger brother. Edward Windsor is your younger brother.
On your mother’s side
Your grandmother and grandfather
Grandmother
1900–2002
Grandfather
1895–1952
Queen consort, later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was born in London, England. King of the United Kingdom, 1936–1952. George VI Windsor was born in Sandringham, England.
On your father’s side
Your grandmother and grandfather
Waiting for you
Already loving you
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was 48 years old. George VI Windsor was 52 years old. 1 aunts and uncles were already waiting.
Waiting for you
Aunts and uncles
Aunt
1930–2002
Who you come from
Two rivers
Grandmother
1900–2002
Grandfather
1895–1952
One from Bowes-Lyon and Windsor. One from Mountbatten. They meet in you.
The names
The names you carry
From your mother, Windsor. From your father, Mountbatten.
The map
The voyage
- Born
- Died
- Married
- Lived
A letter to you
Charles III
May you know the names of the people who were already loving you.
Kindred
Charles III Windsor
Ask for the code.
Typeset from the Windsor & Mountbatten tree · 2026. Printed on cream paper.
The hardcover
A book that arrives.
Linen cloth, cream paper, printed close to the people who will hold it — the US, Europe, Britain, Brazil, Australia. A christening gift should not wait on a boat.
The two books
Two cloth hardcovers, printed close to the door that will hold them. You pay the price on the card. If you are the guardian of the tree, a quarter off.
Origin
Origin
A 24-page square book for a newborn, a christening, a first birthday. Mother, father, the marriage mark, grandparents, a map, a letter. Read aloud in five minutes.
€45
€35 if you are the guardian
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The family book
A landscape hardcover of the whole house: generation plates, person pages, papers, and who wrote them. For a reunion, a funeral, a fiftieth.
€85
€65 if you are the guardian
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