The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-20
SUEEN
GATE
Forthcoming Celebration Will Fol
low Golden Legend of
the Welsh.
les WITH CORONATION
Elaborate Preparatios Made; the
Young Prince to Speak in
Newly-Acquired Language.
speeial Cable 10 The Tribune.

Special Cable TO The Tribune.
II ONDON. May 10, l9ll.-The IN.
vestiture of the young Prince of
Wales. which takes place July u
at Carnarvon castle, in Wales. is
planned in obedience to one of those
golden legends which color English ms
tory and by agclong reiterauon De
come accepted fact.
The story of the castle itself, nc
most magnificent badge Of our subJec'
ton as Welshmen have called it, IS
monument Of the troublous times OF
the first Edward, having formed part
of his scheme for bringing North Wales
into subicction. While the mighty for
tress was in course of erection the
Welsh chieftains. beaten, though not
vanauished. told Edward that they
would never live in peace except under
prince "of their own nation ana
language, and of unblamable life. ,"
This was the ultimatum that led TO
the making of ono of the most inter
esting pages in England S island story.
Old chroniclers assert that the king
at once ''sent for Queen Eliancr out
of England to the castell of Caernar-
von,' where she gave birth to child
The rebellious chleftalns were then
summoned again, and at the confer
ence repeated their stipulation. 10
which Edward replied that he would
elect for their prince Zone that was
born in Wales. and could speak never
word OF English, whose life and con
versation no man was able to stain. -
4 few davs after the astute mon
arch presented the babe to the Welsh
people as the prince of their desires.
| The gateway through which Eleanor
! entered the castle still hears her name.
The little room, measuring twelve feet
| by nine, in which the first Prince of
| Wales saw the light, is far removed
| from this gateway. To reach II you
90 up the turret stairway of the Eagle
| tower, along gallery to the second
| floor The roof is vaulted, there are
| two doors. and the stained glass win
dows overlook the Menai straits.
Americans Interested.
Dry .as.dust historians have disproved
| to their own satisfaction the pretty
story surrounding the birthplace of the
first English Prince of Wales, but the
| people of Great Britain, from King
George V. to the latest society recruit,
accept the legend for actual fact, and
read with unabsted interest of the
preparations for the July ceremony
that will as far as possible repeat the
| picturesque episode.
| Every summer American visitors
prowl in and about Carnavou castle.
still walled as IL was in ancient days,
| though the new town of Carnarvon has
grown far beyond the ancient precincts.
Only privileged persons are now af-
forded facilities for thorough exam
! iuation of the interior nf the great
edifce, as the walls are being painted
and the ivy cut away. in addition 10
a great deal of crumbling debris being
removed.
Details Of its history are meager, for
no guide book 10 the fortress exists.
Owen Glendower, Welsh patriot in
1902 tried in vain TO storm the fortress
defended by that great knight errant.
John Chandos, 10 whom Sir Conan DOYLE
and Froissart refer in their books and
chronicles. II was also the center Of
much severe fighting during the civil
war. when the parGamentarians reduced
it to capitulation,
Restoring Castle.
The breaches then made in ts walls
are being restored under the direction
of the office OF works. The same gov
ernment department is seeing to the
renovation of the interior also three
houses in the main thoroughfare are be,
ing demolished in order that an unob.
structed view can be obtained of the
main gateway Beams for this work
are being made to fit exactly to the
existing inches in the walls Immense
timbers are required. One ioist alone,
of Canadian oak. is 36 feet long and "a
by 26 inches thick.
The interior OF the castle is to be