John founded the Prince's Trust in 1986, which helps young and homeless people within Wessex and Cornwall, aswell as FarmAid, a charity targeted at teaching the population of the Sahel region of Africa how to sustainably farm, of which, younger sister, Anna III, Princess Royal, is a major volunteer. John attended King Edward's School in Bath, and later went on to study at Bath College, and went to Bath University, gaining a Bachelor in Arts and History. John married Victoria, Duchess of Cornwall in 1992, whom he had two children with, Felicity and Edward, in 1993 and 1997 respectively.