One year before the investiture of Prince Charles as the The Prince of Wales, the town of Caernarfon is given a lick of paint in preparation. Martin Bell reports on the meticulous rehearsals ahead ...

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 ...

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.

Through his lineage Prince Charles is as good a Welshman as any of us. When he comes to Wales he will be coming to the land of his fathers] ...

The painting was done by renowned portrait artist ... His Majesty the King was still His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and much like the butterfly I've painted hovering over his shoulder ...