Devonport. Captain Derek Raffell (right) of commando ship HMS Hermes with Lieutenant The Prince of Wales aboard the vessel shortly after the Prince, at the controls of a Wessex helicopter, landed on the ship's flight deck to take up duties today as a member of 845 Squadron. The Prince, who flew from Exeter, came out top in his helicopter flying course at RNAS Yeovilton. He has joined Hermes for advanced training, and is to take part in a series of top level exercises in the western Atlantic, Canada and the Caribbean

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/97

Agency: Press Association

Off Southsea, Hampshire. Prince Charles in diving gear today when he went 40 feet beneath the choppy seas of the Solent to inspect a ship that was once a flagship in King Henry VIII's navy. The Prince made two 30 minute dives on the wreck of the Mary Rose, one and a half miles off Southsea. It is the second time the Prince, who is President of the Mary Rose Trust formed to excavate the ship which sunk in a battle with the French fleet in 1545, has dived to the wreck

Agency: Press Association

Portsmouth, England. Ready for diving. Britain's Prince Charles in full skin diving gear as he prepares to dive off the coast of this southern England coastal port to inspect the remains of the Mary Rose, a Tudor warship sunk during action against the French in 1545. The Prince, who is President of a trust former to raise and recover the property, which belonged to a Royal Ancestor, King Henry VIII, made two dives to the wreck

Agency: BIPNA

His Royal Highness the Padre. Prince Charles in clerical dress as the Padre in Joe Orton's play Erpingham Camp, which is being presented by the Dryden Society, a drama group of Trinity College, Cambridge Univerisity, where the Prince is an undergraduate

Agency: Press Association

Prince Charles will be invested as Prince of Wales on 1 July. On 1 July Prince Charles, the present Prince of Wales, will be ceremonially presented to the Welsh people as their Prince, and invested with traditional pomp and pageantry at Caernarvon Castle in North Wales. Prince Charles in ceremonial robes during the Order of the Garter ceremony at Windsor last summer. With him is his grandmother, the Queen Mother

Agency: Central Press Photos

Prince Charles leaves HMS Bronington, Rosyth

Agency: Unknown

Sydney, Australia. Prince Charles still wet after his early morning swim at Sydney's Bondi Beach

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Roy Letkey

The Prince of Comedy. Proving that he's well on the way to becoming a merry monarch, The Prince of Wales, wearing a jaunty hat, shown during yesterday's (Sunday) dress rehearsal for "Quiet Flows the Don", The Dryden Society's Trinity College revue, which opens in Cambridge tonight, and ends on Saturday. The Prince showed the reputation as a comedian he established in the revue last year, when one sketch found him inhabiting a dustbin, has been enhanced. The Prince made one brief reference to his future in the Navy. "The Naval review at Portsmouth will be warm and sunny, and so there will be no cold navels", he quipped. See PA Story catchlined "CHARLES"

Agency: Press Association

"No Cold Navels". With flippers on his feet, trousers tucked inside long socks and a gas mask under his coat, the Prince of Wales stands in front of the curtain to deliver a punnish monologue as a weather forecaster in the revue "Quiet Flows the Don", being staged by the Dryden Society of his college, Trinity, at Cambridge University from tonight (Monday) until Saturday. The Prince made one brief reference to his future in the Navy. "The Naval review at Portsmouth will be warm and sunny, and so there will be no cold navels", he quipped

Agency: Press Association

Yellowknife, Canada. Prince Charles in his miner's hat, it is somewhat muddied as he leaves the Con Gold Mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T. , Monday after a trip 3,100 feet underground

Agency: Unknown

Zuerich. Prince Charles in the cockpit of a helicopter today in Zuerich. Prince Charles and Princess Diana will spend their winter holiday in Liechten

Broadcast Date: 8 January 1984

Agency: Bild News

Photographer: Bela A Polyvas

Prince Charles adjusts his helmet as he sits in the cockpit of Royal Naval helicopter at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton, in Somerset, where he recently passed as a helicopter pilot. The Prince is to continue his course at Yeovilton and later on will be given experience in the commando support role. For this he will join 845 Naval Air Squadron specialising in commando support roles, and the squadron will be embarked in the commando ship HMS Hermes

Broadcast Date: 6 February 1975

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/95

Agency: Central Press Photos

His Royal Highness Prince Charles gallops across a Yorkshire field near Ness whilst out hunting this afternoon with local hunt

Agency: Press Association

Ludlow. Prince Charles on his ex-Irish gelding Allibar (third left) in the thick of things as the field takes the first fence for the second time at Ludlow this afternoon in the Club Amateur Rider's Handicap Steeple Chase. The Prince is wearing his scarlet, royal blue and black racing colours for the first time

Agency: Press Association

West Palm, Florida. Great Britain's Prince Charles seemed exhausted as he prepares to drink champagne from a silver cup after his Windsor Park team defeated the Palm Beach club 6-3. Prince Charles was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital for heat exhaustion after completing a polo match in 90 degree temperatures. A spokesperson at the hospital said the prince was in in fair condition and he was reported in good spirits shortly after he arrived

Broadcast Date: 5 April 1980

Agency: UPI

The Prince of Wales holds his son, a future heir to the throne of England, as they leave St Mary's Hospital in London today less than 24 hours since the baby was born

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Geoff Bruce

Auckland, New Zealand. Daddy's Boy! Britain's Prince Charles holds his son, Prince William, during a photo session in Auckland Saturday morning. Prince William was presented to nearly 60 photographers and reporters by his parents, who are currently on a two week tour of New Zealand

Agency: Associated Press/ New Zealand Herald

London. The proud father leaving St Mary's hospital in Paddington tonight with his baby son is the Prince of Wales, who was leaving with the Princess less than 24 hours after the birth of the infant

Agency: Press Association

London. London taxi driver Peter Ewens, 33, showing the Prince of Wales the bell that he recovered from the Mary Rose wreck off Portsmouth. Mr Ewens is a volunteer diver who has worked for 3 years as a diver on the project to raise Henry VIII's warship. Prince Charles is the president of the Mary Rose Trust

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Brisbane, Australia. Prince Charles riding Mr E H mustering cattle in a yard of Barrule outstation of Eidsvold Station in the Burnett District, South Queensland, today

Agency: Associated Press

Yeovilton, Somerset. Naval Lieutenant Prince Charles at the controls of a Royal Navy Wessex V helicopter as he was about to go up for his first "dual control" flying lesson. Note to Picture Editors: this picture will not be re-issued in the future

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/26

Agency: Central Press Photos

Absolute Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada. Prince Charles is prepared for his dive under the Arctic ice at Resolute Bay Saturday by polar diving expert Dr Joe Macinnis, left. He went under for half an hour in water just below freezing in temperature. Resolute Bay is 900 miles north of the Arctic Circle

Agency: Unknown

Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada. Charles Blown Up. Prince Charles jokes following his Arctic dive at Resolute Bay Saturday after his diving suit was blown up like a balloon for a bit of fun

Agency: Unknown

London. Jubilant crowds of well wishers reach to shake the hand of Prince Charles tonight outside St Mary's hospital after it was announced that the Prince was father to a son. The Princess of Wales was delivered of a son at 21:03 London time and both mother and child are described as 'doing well'

Agency: UPI

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/62

Agency: Universal Pictorial Press

Agency: Fox Photos Limited

Yeovilton, Somerset. His personal standard flying from his Wessex, Prince Charles leads a massed fly-past of helicopters of 707 squadron, which was celebrating its 10th anniversary, at Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton, today. Later, the squadron made a presentation to the Prince, a lieutenant, to mark his completion of the training course on which he has qualified as a Wessex 5 helicopter pilot in the Royal Navy

Agency: Press Association

Balmoral, Scotland. Prince Charles out with rod and line near Balmoral Castle today when he and his fiancée, Lady Diana Spencer spent the second morning or their Balmoral holiday fishing three miles apart

Agency: Unknown

Agency: News Group Newspapers

Aberystwyth. Prince Charles pauses for newsreel and still photographers, at the door of the old building of the University College of Wales, as he arrives for his first day's study at the Language Laboratory

Agency: Unknown

Bisley. The Prince of Wales, in his capacity as President of the National Rifle Association, during today's visit to Bisley, and in this picture firing from the prone position. He is the first member of the Royal Family to shoot on the most famous rifle ranges in the Commonwealth. See PA story "Bisley (substitute)" timed 1143 onward

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell

Heytsbury. Prince Charles took part in the firing when he visited the 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales, at Knook Camp near here yesterday. He is Colonel in Chief

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/90

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Unknown

Princely flop. Prince Charles went windsurfing at Cowes today following his deep sea diving yesterday. Picture shows Prince Charles windsurfing as he slipped into the water

Agency: Central Press Photos

Sydney, Australia. Prince Charles tumbling from his horse today during a polo game at Warwick Farm Race Course near Sydney

Agency: Melbourne Sun

Sydney, Australia. The heir to the throne of England, Prince Charles, takes a tumble during a Polo match at Warwick farm. The Prince was unhurt and continued to play

Agency: Unknown

Off Cowes, It's just not cricket. This wet-making sport of Princes, wind surfing, which always ends up in a right Royal ducking for the Prince of Wales, battling to keep upright in the Solent today. The wind surfer prince took frequent duckings into the grey and choppy waters and always came up laughing. Between wind surfers and the deep water is little more than an ordinary surf board, and there is the need to fight continuously to balance a wind-filled sail

Broadcast Date: 7 August 1980

Agency: Press Association

Abingdon, England. Prince Charles boards Andover plane of the Royal Air Force's 46 squadron here, en route to his parachute jump over the English Channel. The Prince parachuted from 1200 feet successfully to become the first Heir to the British throne to make a parachute jump

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/75

Agency: UPI

Prince of Wales in commando assault course. The Prince of Wales pictured whilst tackling a tree-to-tree rope walk when taking part in a tough commando assault course at the Royal Marines training centre at Lympstone, Devon. The Prince who described the course as "a most horrifying expedition" is to join the Commando ship, Hermes, as a helicopter pilot in March

Agency: Keystone

London. Library Picture of the Prince of Wales at the wheel of his £5,500 Aston Martin DB6 convertible sports car. The shutdown of the Aston Martin car firm has been the only honourable course open to its directors, Managing Director Mr Charles Warden said today. Mr Warden was addressing the 500 workers from the firm's Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire plant in the wake of last night's announcement that the luxury sports car company was going into liquidation

Agency: Press Association

Melbourne, Australia. Prince Charles takes the controls of an old tramcar during a visit to Bendigo, 96 miles from here.The Prince, renowned for taking things into his own hands, drove more than a mile but officials insisted that the tram carry a brightly coloured learner plate (letter +L+) if the Prince drove

Agency: UPI

London. Prince Charles takes the wheel for a spin around Buckingham Palace quadrangle today in Britain's only Silver Jubilee taxi. His passenger climbing into the rear seat is the cab's official driver, Mr Ted Ritchie, of Wandsworth, who was chosen for the job from London's 16,000 taxi drivers. The silver painted cab, a brand new vehicle costing £4000, will be used, free of charge, for fund raising events for the Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal. The rest of the time it will work as a normal cab

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/50

Agency: Sport & General (Photographic News Agencies)

Mexico City. Wearing typical Mexican Charro (cowboy) outfit, Prince Charles poses Tuesday astride "30-30" a horse owned by Juan Sanchez Navarro

Agency: Associated Press

Wales. The Prince of Wales, Chancellor of the University of Wales, at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, today

Agency: Unknown

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/33

Agency: Barratts

Agency: Unknown

London. Royal blood donor. Sister Barbara Johnson snips the tube after taking a pint of royal blood from the Prince of Wales at the North London Transfusion Centre in Edgware today. It was the first time the 36 year old prince has been a blood donor. See PA Story ROYAL CHARLES timed 1234 onwards

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Prince Charles, kitted up makes his final preparations before his last and deepest dive onto the sunken Tudor warship, the 'Mary Rose', lying in about 45 feet of water in the Solent, one mile off Portsmouth, Hampshire. See PA Story 'Prince' timed 1804

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]