Carefree years
It was the biggest moment of his life, so it was no surprise that as his mother the Queen placed the coronet on 20-year-old Prince Charles’ head during his investiture as Prince of Wales, he looked mildly terrified.
A worldwide audience of 500 million people watched the live broadcast of the ceremony from Caernarfon Castle in Wales on July 1, 1969. Charles had spent nine weeks at Aberystwyth University studying Welsh so he could make his
