Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-07-13

OF PRINCE OF
Wales TODAY

CARNARVON, Wales, July 13.-The
most interesting event ensuing on the
the coronation is to occur today
namely the investiture of the young
Prince of Wales, amid quaint Welsh
surroundings and at the very birth
place of the first English Prince OF
| Wales, Edward, son OF King Edward l.
and Queen Eleanor.
Tradition connected with the an
cient Welsh castle of Carnarvon,
where the ceremony is to take place
says that after Edward the First's
conquest of Wales the Welshmen re-
fused to obey any prince appointed by
the king as regent of the principally
unless he was born on it's soil. Queen
Eleanor shortly afterwards gave birth
to a son in the castle of Carnarvon,
and thereupon the king, calling the
chiefs of the Welsh nation together,
asked them whether they would obey
a prince nominated by him, as he was
compelled to leave the country. They
replied in the affirmative on condition
that the Prince was a Welshman.
Edward then named his own som
born only few days before, and the
Welshmen were satisfied.
The prince was afterward shown to
the nation. or as many OF them as
could get near enough to see him from
what is known as Qpueen Eleanor's
gateway. 1t is from this gateway of
the castle, which had been prepared
for the purpose, that the new prince
of Wales, after his investiture today,
shows himself to his subjects, who are
to gather to the number of $4,000 or
1000 in the vicinity.
The king and queen, with the young
prince, are to travel from Ireland to
Holyhead in the royal yacht, and aft
erwards by special train to a small
station two miles from this city, where
they alight. Theer a number of state
carriages are to be waiting them and
procession escorted to the city by
cavalry, forms.
Entering the walled city by the
north road they pass through the main
street to the great castle square,
where the mayor andocivic officials re-
ceive them and present loyal address,
es.
The royal party then separate, the
Prince of Wales preceding his parents
to the castle by a few minutes and
enters the ancient fortress by the
water gate. As he passes into the
castle his standard Is hoisted on the
Eagles Tower, where it is said the
first prince of Wales was born, al
though the story has only tradition to
support it.
The king and queen follow almost
Immediately, and on their appearance
at the water gate the royal standard
takes the lace of that of the Prince
of Wales.
Two suites of apartments, supposed
to have been occupied long centuries
before by Edward l. and his queen
had been prepared for their majesties
and the young prince, and to these
they retire in order to robe themselves
for the great ceremony.
The public assemblage is seated as
specially erected stagings erected
around the interior of the castle walls .
A great body of troops is also to be
drawn up surrounding platform in
the center of the immense courtyard.
The Royal Welsh choir, consisting OF
400 voices, performs the musical part
of the programme with a selection OF
Welsh airs.
The royal party having robed forms
two professions in their apartments
the king and queen with their suites
in the first and the Prince of Wales
with his supporters in the second.
The king and queen thence proceed
to the raised platform in the courtyard
as they appear in the open air the
choir singing God save the King.
Then follows the procession in which
the prince was the central figure, and
as he approaches his royal parents
the choir sings God Bless the Prince
of Wales" and the public give a salvo
of ringing cheers.
The formal ceremony of investiture
is then carried out, the prince bending
down in his surcoat, cloak and mantle
of crimson velvet while the king placed
crimson velvet cap ornamented with
ermine on his head. His majesty then
crowns him with coronet as a token
| OI plluClpoACy, PuIo IA AAo AAe"~ -
golden vergs as the emblem of govern
ment and circles his middle finger
with golden ring as sign that he is
married to his country. At the same
time letters patent are handed to the
prince authorizing him to hold tine
principality of Wales in trust of the
king of England, out of whose possess
sion Wales must not be allowed to 60.
Then the bishops of St. Asaph and
Bangor, assisted by two Welsh non
conformist ministers conduct the beau
tiful service of conservation and the
professions reform and march to the
Queens gate of the castle, where the
king, following the example of Edward
l., presents the Prince of Wales to the
people of the nation, or rather to the
many thousands of them assembled
outside The prince, in order to show
the people that he intends to keep
their interests at heart, addresses a
few phrases in Cymric.
After the second presentation the
professions unite and make together a
complete circle of the castle walls on
the outside, returning by the main
- HNSN