Prince Charles wearing miner's helmet and white overalls, during his visit to Welbeck colliery near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle, July 1969. Series of pictures from stock

Agency: Central Press Photos

Agency: Eschess

Australia. "Digger Charles". The Prince of Wales dons a borrowed "digger's" hat to protect himself from the scorching Australian sunshine, as he smiles at the gathering on board HMS Cook after taking the Tall Ships' salute on their arrival in Sydney Harbour today

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Perth, Australia. Corks for a prince. Prince Charles jokes about the corks on his hat

Agency: Associated Press

Wales. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales waves after he had abseiled down and climbed back up on a cliff face at Atlantic College, St Donats, yesterday

Agency: Unknown

Badminton, England. Sporting a beard, Prince Charles watches cross country event in the Badminton Horse Trials here from horseback. He did not compete but attended with the rest of the Royal family

Agency: UPI

Ben Nevis, Scotland. Royal tightrope. A kilted Prince of Wales negotiates a river bridge made from only three strands of steel wire, during his visit to the Lochaber mountain rescue team at the foot of Britain's highest peak, Ben Nevis, in Scotland today

Agency: Press Association

Norfolk. Prince of Wales Visits Holiday Camp Trust. The Prince of Wales rides a tricycle yesterday, on his visit to a "Work Sport and Leisure" course run by the Prince's personal trust for unemployed young people, at a holiday camp in Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Earlier this week, vandalism and arson caused more than £8000 of damage at the centre

Agency: Press Association

London. The bearded Prince of Wales on tonight's arrival at the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, Marylebone, to visit his sister Princess Anne, injured when she fell from the Queen's horse Candlewick during the Portman Horse Trials yesterday. The Princess may stay in hospital for another three or four days for rest and physiotherapy

Agency: Press Association

Prince Charles arrives back at the surface with the pit winding gear in the background

Agency: Unknown

Manchester. The Prince of Wales returns the compliment after receiving a foam pie in the face, to Susan Lloyd, 20, of Bolton, today when Susan's friend Katie Slater, 15, of Leyland, Lancashire, started the slapstick scene during the Prince's visit to a Manchester community centre. See PA Story Royal Charles

Agency: Press Association

The Serious Prince. Lieutenant The Prince of Wales pictured beside the ship's compass on board HMS Bronington. Many photographs taken over the years have shown Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, in a light-hearted mood. But this set of photographs shows Lieutenant The Prince of Wales in a serious frame of mind, captaining his ship, HMS Bronington during an exercise with other ships of the same First Mine Counter-Measure Squadron in the Firth of Forth. Prince Charles, who will be 28 on 14 November, took command of HMS Bronington on 9 February this year. At sea with Prince Charles on this occasion (25 October) was with his brother, Prince Andrew, 16, who is now at school at Gordonstoun. This is the first time that Prince Andrew had visited HMS Bronington. Not for publication before 0001 hours Monday November 1st 1976

Agency: BIPNA

Prince Charles tries a new ENG (Electronic News Gathering) camera when he visited the London headquarters of the Independent Television News

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Prince Charles tries his hand at a bush saw shortly after arriving at Timbertop. Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle, July 1969. Series of pictures from stock

Agency: Central Press Photos

Wrexham, Wales. Prince Charles unveiling the memorial to the 266 miners who lost their lives in the 1934 mining disaster

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Gosforth, Hampshire. British official photograph: Crown copyright reserved. Charles undergoes submarine escape drill. Prince Charles underwent the rigorous submarine escape drill without breathing apparatus today from the Royal Navy's submarine escape training tank at HMS Dolphin, the shore based submarine depot at Gosforth. Dressed in swimming trunks and wearing a life jacket, goggle and a noseclip, the Prince came up from depths of 30 and then 60 feet. Photo shows Prince Charles surfaces in the submarine escape training tank at HMS dolphin today after doing a free buoyant ascent from a depth of 60 feet

Agency: Central Press Photo

Royal archer is Prince Charles trying out a long bow tonight during a Mary Rose Trust reception at the Whitbread brewery in Chiswell Street, London. The bow was recovered from the Tudor war ship Mary Rose, which was Henry VIII's flagship and has been lying on the sea bed in the Solent since 1545. It is hoped that the vessel will be raised later this year. With the Prince is actor Robert Hardy, one of the Trust's advisers

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [Court Photographer]

London. Prince Charles tries skateboarding during visit to Inter-Action in North London with BBC TV Nationwide film team. Tomorrow he is the commentator on a special Nationwide film on young people to be screened on BBC1. Embargoed: for publication after 0001 hours on Monday April 24th 1978

Agency: Press Association

London. Prince Charles helps disabled. Prince Charles expresses a look of surprise when given an unexpected lift while trying out a wheelchair in London today where he launched a boat for disabled anglers, sponsored by the Handicapped Angler's Trust, to mark the setting up of the trust at Fishmongers' Hall, London. The Prince is President of the Prince of Wales' Advisory Group on Disability

Agency: Press Association

London. Prince tries a wheelchair. The Prince of Wales, president of the Prince of Wales Advisory Group on Disability, tries out a wheelchair during his visit today to the Disabled Living Foundation in Harrow Road, London

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Edinburgh. Helping Prince Charles to keep his balance as he tried out a unicycle at the Craigroyston Community Centre here today were Clown Douglas Affleck, and member of the Prince's Trust Committee, Kenneth Mackenzie. After his wobbly trip the Prince said "that was deadly". See PA Story 'Royal Visit' 1825

Agency: Press Association

Prince of Wales in commando assault course. Prince of Wales taking part in the tree-to-tree walk in the assault course. The Prince of Wales took part in a tough commando assault course, in which he scaled climbing nets and vertical walls, swung across chasms and tackled a 20-foot high tree -to-tree rope walk. Then, after a mile and a half cross country slog, he had to crawl through a half submerged pipe. The course, which the Prince described as "a horrifying expedition", took place at the Royal Marines training centre at Lympstone, Devon. The Prince of Wales will join the commando ship HMS Hermes as a helicopter pilot in March

Agency: Keystone

Prince Charles tours Glacier Metal factory in Wembley with a group of managers and executives in tow

Agency: London News Service

Aldershot, England. Prince Charles wearing the uniform of the Parachute Regiments Colonel in Chief, talks to soldiers of the Parachute regiment at Aldershot after Prince Charles had taken the salute and read the lesson at a memorial service to the 44 men of the Regiment who died during the Falkland Island conflict with Argentina

Agency: BIPNA

St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Prince Charles chats with a young boy and his sister (unidentified) at the Janeway Child Health Centre here as the Royal couple visited with children in the wards here

Agency: UPC

Prince Charles in his shirt sleeves today when he became the first member of the Royal Family to attend a union conference. Addressing the annual conference of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation in Bournemouth, the Prince appealed for more co-operation on both sides of the industry to help Britain "knock the stuffing" out of her overseas competitors

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/109

Agency: Press Association

Prince Charles talking to newsreader Anna Ford today when he visited the London headquarters of the Independent Television News. They are seen in the newsroom

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

London. Prince Charles talking with Mr Kim Gordon (left) who was among the demonstrators who staged a protest today outside the Moonshot Youth Club at the Pagnell Street centre in south London during the Prince's visit. The demonstration was organised by the Lewisham 24 Defence Committee who allege police brutality. Mr Gordon is one of the committee's founders

Agency: Press Association

Prince Charles dressed in a denim jacket and cap, taking part in a drama performance

Agency: Unknown

Prince of Wales in commando assault course. The Prince of Wales prepares to dive into a half-submerged pipe during the assault course. The Prince of Wales took part in a tough commando assault course, in which he scaled climbing nets and vertical walls, swung across chasms and tackled a 20-foot high tree -to-tree rope walk. Then, after a mile and a half cross country slog, he had to crawl through a half submerged pipe. The course, which the Prince described as "a horrifying expedition", took place at the Royal Marines training centre at Lympstone, Devon. The Prince of Wales will join the commando ship HMS Hermes as a helicopter pilot in March

Agency: Keystone

Prince of Wales in commando assault course. Prince of Wales taking part in the tree-to-tree walk in the assault course. The Prince of Wales took part in a tough commando assault course, in which he scaled climbing nets and vertical walls, swung across chasms and tackled a 20-foot high tree -to-tree rope walk. Then, after a mile and a half cross country slog, he had to crawl through a half submerged pipe. The course, which the Prince described as "a horrifying expedition", took place at the Royal Marines training centre at Lympstone, Devon. The Prince of Wales will join the commando ship HMS Hermes as a helicopter pilot in March

Broadcast Date: 9 March 1975

Agency: Keystone

Prince Charles carrying skis and talking to people on his visit to Switzerland

Agency: Unknown

Perth, Australia. Prince Charles seen swimming this morning at North Cottesloe Beach. Swimming near him is Miss Lesley Meadmore who also was on the beach this morning

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Dave Tanner

Prince Charles swimming off Upolu Bay, a coral island near Cairns, Queensland

Agency: Central Press Photos

Sydney, Australia. Britain's Prince Charles (centre) has an early morning swim at Bondi Beach Saturday before resuming his official duties during his 11 day visit to Australia

Agency: UPI

Prince Charles in Swansea where he receives the freedom of the city

Agency: Unknown

Prince Charles surfaces from his last dive onto the sunken Tudor warship 'Mary Rose' onto the Sleipner stationed above the wreck in the Solent a mile off Portsmouth today. It was his ninth dive into the wreck lying in 45 feet of water in the seabed mud and which is due to be raised later this year. See PA Story 'Prince' timed 1804

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Broadcast Date: 14 November 1966

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/32

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Godfrey Argent

Prince Charles shows his girl to the world. Prince Charles threw Royal traditions to the winds on Sunday and showed off his latest girlfriend. And speculators on the royal marriage market said there was meaning to the move. He had earlier tried to keep his country weekend with banking heiress Sabrina Guinness a secret, although she had been watching him play polo at Cowdray Park, on Friday and Saturday (4 and 5 August 1979). But when the couple returned to watch an evening match on Sunday, Charles decided to 'go public'. He and 24 year old Sabrina mingled with spectators, walked together over the playing area and sat side by side in the public stands. An experienced Royal observer said "I was amazed. It would seem that they are more than just good friends"

Broadcast Date: 6 August 1979

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/114

Agency: Syndication International

'The Prince of Wales turns 40'. Charles, the flyer, after fulfilling a secret ambition in 1979 to fly a pre war Tiger Moth

Broadcast Date: 26 October 1988

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [Court Photographer]

ITN Reference: ROYA/CHAR/369

Photographer: Daily Mail freelance photographer

ITN Reference: ROYA/CHAR/368

Photographer: Daily Mail freelance photographer

Isle of Wight. Prince Charles standing over the Needles Rocks, the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight today. He visited the island to unveil a bust to Lord Mountbatten, a former Lord Lieutenant of the island, who was killed by an IRA bomb in 1979. See PA Story 'Prince' timed 1424 onwards

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

London. Prince Charles talking with demonstrators as he leaves the Moonshot Youth Club at the Pagnell Street Centre in South London. The demonstration was organised by the Lewisham 24 Defence Committee who allege police brutality. Mr Kim Gordon (left-foreground) one of the founders of the committee also spoke to Prince Charles

Agency: Press Association

Edmonton. Prince Charles speaks at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Thursday, after receiving an honorary law degree. Visible in the background is the crest of the province of Alberta

Agency: Unknown

Photographer: Dave Bustin [?]

Washington, USA. Britain's Prince Charles speaks on arrival at the White House Thursday. With him are President Nixon and Princess Anne. In background are Nixon's daughters, Tricia, left and Julie Eisenhower

Agency: Associated Press

London. After being installed as a Companion Rat of the Grand Order of Water Rats, Prince Charles speaks at a luncheon at the Banqueting Centre in Shoe Lane. He wears the full insignia of the order

Copyright: Press Association

Broadcast Date: 6 February 1969

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/42

Agency: Camera Press London

Nova Scotia, Canada. Britain's Prince Charles signs the Province of Nova Scotia guest book Tuesday while the Princess of Wales smiles to the crowd. Behind the Prince are Nova Scotia Premier John Buchanan, left, Governor General Edward Schreyer and Secretary of State Allen MacEachen, far right

Agency: Associated Press

Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire. The Prince of Wales tries a shot with an air pistol at the shooting range at the Ludwig Guttmam Sports Centre for the Disabled after he opened the 30th Anniversary International Stoke Mandeville Games today in the Buckinghamshire village outside Aylesbury

Agency: Press Association