Semi-weekly herald., 1911-07-13
READY FOR GRAND CEREMONY.

LONDON, July 12-- Pivaliny the
coronation itself in solemn splendor
will be the ceremony tomorrow attend
ine the investiture of The prince Of
Wales. The ceremony will take place
ut Carnarvon castle, where the first
prince of Wales was born more than
Fix centuries ago.
The king and queen y ho leave Dub
lin today will land at holyhead tomor-
row morning aud proceed thence by
train TO a small station few miles
from Carnarvon. The journey to the
castle will be made under military es-
cort and the arrivai aud welcome of
their majesties wiil be made the occa-
sion for quaint and picturesque cerc-
monies.
The investiture is to take place in
the carly afternoon. The king will
perform the ceremony, and religious
service will be conducted by the bish-
op Of Bangor ard by representative
| minister Of the noneonformist church.
Within the castle two main process
sions will be formed, the procession
OF his royal highness the prince Of
Wales proceeding first, followed by
that Of their majesties the king and
queen.
The prince, Immediately after being
invested, will proceed to the cele-
brated Queen Eleanor's gateway at
the southern extremity Of the castle,
commanding a view of the great castle
square and The state quay, which will
be cleared FOR the accommodation Of
the public. There, on platform, the
prince viii present himself to the
view Of his Welsh subjects.
The prince will wear a specially de-
signed robe of cloth of gold, modelled
after one worn by Charles l., and un-
derneath will retain his simple cadet
dress, which is, after all, the highest
uniform he can wear.
The title Of prince Of Wales comes
TO the heir to the throne as an act Of
grace on the part of his father. The
monarch is under no obligation to be-
stow the dignity of prince of Wales
upon his firstborn. Edward VII, for
instance, did not confer the title Of
Prince Of Wales upon his son until tho
latter had completed his tour Of the
colonies, that is to say, considerably
more than a year after the demise Of
Queen Victoria.
Edward /. was the first king Of
England to create his eldest son prince
OF Wales, with the object of reconcil-
ing the Welsh chieftains to English
domination, after the death Of Llewel-
lyn, The last native ruler of Wales.
But it was not until the reign of Ed
ward III, that the latter raised the
earldom Of Cornwall to dukedom,
and bestowed it upon his son, Edward
the Black Prince, with the provision
that it should always be held by the
heir apparent who was the son Of the
sovereign.
Hence it will be seen that, contrary
to the popular impression, the dignity
Of the prince of Wales, as borne by
the British heir apparent, is older than
that Of the duke Of Cornwall. The
dignity of prince of Wales carries with
II no revenue, nor even prerogatives,
and its holder sits in the house Of
lords, and is enabled to take part in
its deliberations, not as prince Of
Wales, but as duke of Cornwall
Prince Edward, who will be the CEN
trail figure in tomorrow's elaborate
ceremony, is a typical Anglo-Saxon
lad. He was born June 20, 1894, and
entered the Royal Naval college at the
age Of 10. With his brothers and sis
tors he has been brought up as much
like other English children as possi-
BILE. They have been subjected to gen.
tie but firm discipline and trained in
habits of industry and self-reliance.