In 1969, royal photographer Norman Parkinson photographed then-Prince Charles preparing for his investiture, which took place on July 1 of that year at Caernarfon Castle in Wales.

When Prince Charles was preparing to for his investiture as the Prince of Wales in 1969, it was decided that he needed to get to know Wales, its people, its culture, and most importantly its language.

Twenty-year-old Prince Charles studied at Wales’s Aberystwyth College in 1969 before his investiture ceremony. This was to learn about the Welsh people by living among them and the complex ...

1 July 1969. The Investiture of the Prince of Wales - when Prince Charles was formally presented to the Welsh people as their Prince - was broadcast live on 1 July 1969.

Spectators at Caernarfon Castle take in the ceremony of investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, Gwynedd, Wales, on July 1, 1969. At centre is the royal dais with its perspex canopy and ...

A repeat of the 1969 investiture for the Prince of Wales is highly unlikely, Lord Elis-Thomas says. ... He spoke ahead of the first visit of King Charles III to Wales as monarch.