Editing Charles III (section)

=== Visual, performing, and literary arts ===
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Charles has been involved in performance since his youth, and appeared in [[sketch comedy|sketches]] and [[revue]]s while studying at Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |date=5 November 2019 |title=Vintage Photos of Prince Charles at Cambridge Prove Meghan Markle Isn't the Only Actor in the Royal Family |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g28690847/prince-charles-cambridge-trinity-college-photos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523030911/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g28690847/prince-charles-cambridge-trinity-college-photos |archive-date=23 May 2022 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=Town & Country}}</ref>

[[File:Rsc president prince charles.jpg|thumb|left|upright|At a performance of ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' at the [[Courtyard Theatre]] in 2007|alt=Charles in a brown coat attending a performance of Henry V in Stratford-upon-Avon]]
Charles is president or patron of more than 20 performing arts organisations, including the [[Royal College of Music]], [[the Royal Opera|Royal Opera]], [[English Chamber Orchestra]], [[Philharmonia Orchestra]], [[Welsh National Opera]], [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] (attending performances in [[Stratford-Upon-Avon]], supporting fundraising events, and attending the company's annual general meeting),<ref name="arts">{{Cite web |title=Performing Arts |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/interests/performingarts |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621194042/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/interests/performingarts |archive-date=21 June 2012 |access-date=17 June 2012 |publisher=Prince of Wales official website}}</ref> [[British Film Institute]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2018 |title=The Prince of Wales visits the BFI Southbank |url=https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/prince-wales-visits-bfi-southbank |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929021537/https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/prince-wales-visits-bfi-southbank |archive-date=29 September 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021 |publisher=Prince of Wales official website}}</ref> and [[Purcell School]]. In 2000, he revived the tradition of appointing [[Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales|an official harpist to the Prince of Wales]], in order to foster Welsh talent at playing the national instrument of Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRH continue their annual tour of Wales |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/trh_continue_their_annual_tour_of_wales_820.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119023007/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/trh_continue_their_annual_tour_of_wales_820.html |archive-date=19 November 2007 |access-date=19 April 2013 |publisher=Prince of Wales website}}</ref> The role, now referred to as King's Harpist, is currently held by [[Mared Pugh Evans]].<ref name="Pugh-Evans">{{cite web|title=Presenting the King's Harpist: RWCMD grad Mared Pugh-Evans|url=https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/our-stories/presenting-the-kings-harpist-rwcmd-grad-mared-pugh-evans|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>

Charles is a keen [[watercolour]]ist, having published books on the subject and exhibited and sold a number of his works to raise money for charity; in 2016, it was estimated that he had sold lithographs of his watercolours for a total of £2&nbsp;million from a shop at his Highgrove House residence. For his 50th birthday, 50 of his watercolours were exhibited at [[Hampton Court Palace]] and, for his 70th birthday, his works were exhibited at the [[National Gallery of Australia]].<ref name="CNN-Watercolours">{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Oscar |date=12 January 2022 |title=Prince Charles exhibits dozens of his watercolors, saying painting 'refreshes the soul' |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/prince-charles-paintings-watercolors/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112195916/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/prince-charles-paintings-watercolors/index.html |archive-date=12 January 2022}}</ref> In 2001, 20 [[lithographs]] of his watercolour paintings illustrating his country estates were exhibited at the [[Florence Biennale|Florence International Biennale of Contemporary Art]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 December 2001 |title=Prince Charles wins art award |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1701844.stm |url-status=live |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928071947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1701844.stm |archive-date=28 September 2013}}</ref> and 79 of his paintings were put on display in London in 2022. To mark the 25th anniversary of his investiture as Prince of Wales in 1994, the [[Royal Mail]] issued a series of postage stamps that featured his paintings.<ref name=CNN-Watercolours/> Charles is Honorary President of the [[Royal Academy]] of Arts Development Trust<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Royal Academy Development Trust |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy-trust |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321092725/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy-trust |archive-date=21 March 2019 |access-date=25 January 2019 |website=[[Royal Academy]]}}</ref> and, in 2015, 2022, and 2023, commissioned paintings of 12 D-Day veterans, seven [[Holocaust]] survivors, and ten members of the [[Windrush generation]], respectively, which went on display at the Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2015 |title=D-Day portraits commissioned by Prince Charles go on display |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33033550 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122205114/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33033550 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |access-date=22 November 2022 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Coughlan |first=Sean |date=10 January 2022 |title=Prince Charles commissions Holocaust survivor portraits |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59957260 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111224834/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59957260 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2023 |title=The King commissions 'Windrush: Portraits of a Pioneering Generation' |url=https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2023-06-06/the-king-commissions-windrush-portraits-of-a-pioneering-generation |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=The Royal Family |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606113736/https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2023-06-06/the-king-commissions-windrush-portraits-of-a-pioneering-generation |url-status=live }}</ref>

Charles is the author of several books and has contributed a [[foreword]] or [[preface]] to numerous books by others. He has also been featured in a variety of documentary films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HRH the Prince of Wales : A Vision of Britain |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/418089 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910053540/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/418089 |archive-date=10 September 2011 |access-date=1 May 2012 |publisher=BFI}}; {{cite web |title=Harmony Movie Website |url=http://www.theharmonymovie.com/aboutfilm.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501213358/http://www.theharmonymovie.com/aboutfilm.php |archive-date=1 May 2012 |access-date=1 May 2012 |publisher=The Harmony Movie}}; {{Cite AV media |title=The Prince and the Composer |publisher=BBC Four |date=1 May 2012}}; {{cite web |title=Modern TV: The Princes Welsh Village |url=http://www.moderntv.co.uk/index.php/productions/the-princes-welsh-village |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014041/http://www.moderntv.co.uk/index.php/productions/the-princes-welsh-village |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>