This year sees the 40th anniversary of Prince Charles's investiture at Caernarfon Castle on 1 July 1969. It was a big event at the time across Wales and beyond - children were given the day off ...

The cast were in the Gwynedd town to film scenes about the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle. The ceremony in 1969 divided opinion in Wales - it was watched by millions on ...

A magnificent hearse was erected on which was placed his richly clothed funeral effigy. The robes were those worn by the Prince at his creation as Princes of Wales in 1610. This effigy was made by ...

What made Y Cymro, in the eyes of many of its readers, jump off the fence into the anti-investiture camp was ... they resolved to invite the Prince to some of the youth movement's other activities.

He was created Prince of Wales when he was 17, in June 1910, after his father acceded the throne. His investiture took place at Caernarfon Castle in July 1911. It was the first public investiture ...