prince_and_the_plotter
  • Category: Factual Single
  • Country: Wales
  • Duration: 0 Hour(s) 59 Mins
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Presentable Productions / BBC Cymru Wales
  • Producer: Ian Michael Jones

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Wales: The Prince & The Plotter

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Forty years ago on 1st July 1969, Wales celebrated one of the greatest royal events of the 20th Century; the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales. The day epitomised royal pomp and circumstance, not in London but in the heart of nationalist Wales.  Broadcast to a global audience, it was a day of tradition, ceremony and pageantry; but also a day of bombs and threats to the Royal Family.

Huw Edwards recounts the events of an extraordinary day when police, politicians and royalty held their breath as a few nationalists plotted violence against the Investiture.