King Charles III is the first British monarch to have this skill

The royal family recently confirmed that the King is the first British monarch to be a qualified diver.

Kensington Palace recently confirmed that His Majesty actually “undertook a half-hour dive under Arctic ice at Resolute Bay in Canada” in 1975.

“Years later, the King dived underwater onto the Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s warship, nine times before it was raised from the seabed in 1982," the royal family said.

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According to The Independent, a love of diving runs in the family and Charles’ father, Prince Philip, learned how to dive with lessons taught in the swimming pool at Buckingham Palace.

Prince William and Prince Harry have also been known to scuba dive, with the Prince and Princess of Wales recently sharing footage of a private dive they took at South Water Caye.

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