Early Life
Charles was born to a mixed race family in Liverpool: his Guyanese father was black, and his mother was white Irish. Charles has an older brother, Dean, and a younger brother, Emile. He grew up on the deprived Cantril Farm housing estate, and went to school with Micky Quinn, who became a professional footballer. He attended West Derby Comprehensive School followed by Childwall Hall College of Further Education, and studied A-levels in History, Government and Politics, English Literature and General Studies. Charles won a national competition, run by The Guardian newspaper, for a poem he wrote when he was 12-years-old.
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