The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-12
Wales Ready for Investiture Of
Prince Edward Tomorrow.
Historic Surroundings
for Big Event
KING GEORGE TO OIFICIATE
their MaIesties Bring Visit to ireland
to a Close and Depart for Wales
to Take Part in Brilliant
Ceremony.

London, July 12.-Rivaling the coro-
nation itself In solemn splendor will
be the ceremony tomorrow attending
the investiture of the Prime of Wales.
The ceremony will take place at earn
| arvon Castle, where the first Prince OF
Wales was born more than six centur-
les ago.
The King and Queen who leave Dub
lin today will land at Holyhead to-
morrow morning and proceed thence by
train to a small station a few miles
from Carnarvon. The journey to the
castle will be made under military
escort and the arrival and welcome of
their Majesties will be made the occa-
sion for quaint and picturesque cere.
monies.
The investiture is to take place In
the early afternoon. The King will
perform the ceremony and a religious
service will be conducted by the Bish-
op of Bangor and by representative
minister of the nonconformist churches.
Ceremony Of Investiture.
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 Majestles the King and Queen.
The Prince. Immediately after being
Invested. will proceed TO the celebrated
Queen Isleanor's Gateway at the south
crn extremity of the castle command
ing "a view of the great castle square
and the state quay, which will be
cleared for the accommodation of the
public. There, on a platform. the
Prince will 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 be-
meath will retain his simple cadet dress
which Is, after all, the highest uniform
he can wear.
What Title Means.
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 iirstborn. Edward VII, for in
stance, did not confer the title of Prince
of Wales upon his son until the latter
had completed his tour of the colonies,
that Is to say. considerably more than
a year after the demise of Queen Vic
toria.
Edward I. was the first king of Eng
land to create his eldest son Prince of
Wales, with the object of reconciling
the Welsh chleftalns to English domi-
nation after the death of Llewellyn,
the last native ruler of Wales But
II was not until the reign of Edward
III, that the latter raised the earldom
Of Cornwall to a dukedom. and bestow
ed IL upon his son, Edward the Black
Prince, with the provision that II
should always be held by their appar
ent who was the son of the sovereign
Prince Edward Seventeen.
Hence II will be seen that. contrary
10 the popular impression. the dignity
of 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 I'm 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 I'm tomorrow's elaborate GER
is typical Anglo Saxon lad.
lie was born June %. 1894. and entered
the Royal Naval College at the age of
With his brothers and sisters
he has been brought up as much like
other English children as possible.
They have been subjected to gentle but
Drm discipline and trained in habits of
and self-reliance.
Historic Castle.
The history of Carnarvon castle is
that of the relationship be-
tween Wales and England. The mag
nificent fortress was begun by Edward
about 1882 or 1888. but IL
was many years before IL was com
pleted. Its construction was part of
the scheme drawn up by Edward /. for
the conquest of North Wales. This
also other strong fortresses
nj Conway. Beaumaris and Harlech.
and smaller forts distributed over the
In the shape of blockhouses
strong to resist the attacks
of the scattered bands of lightfooted
Welsh mountaineers.
The curtain, or wall. of the castle Is
fifteen feet I'm thickness of chiseled
stone, and this is strengthened here and
there by bastion towers octagonal and
nonagonal in shape. The main gate is
the most ornamental part of the fort
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