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King Charles recalls the moment that 'nearly killed' him, but he also praised as being 'fantastic'

A composite image of King Charles during his expedition to Canada's Northwest Passage in 1975, on the right he is driving an Olympique ski-doo.

In 1975, a future King completed a daring and unprecedented royal tour like none that had come before - and it’s one that 'nearly killed' him.

King Charles – who, in 1975 was still the Prince of Wales and direct heir to the throne, aged just 26 – took part in a historic visit to Canada’s Northwest Passage, and the expedition included a bracing Arctic dive, submerging himself below the ice.

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