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

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

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

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

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Roy Letkey

Prince Charles leaves HMS Bronington, Rosyth

Agency: Unknown

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

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

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

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

The serious Prince. Lieutenant The Prince of Wales poses beside a picture of his Grandmother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in his cabin aboard 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

A new photograph of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, in his uniform as a pilot of the Royal Navy's 707 squadron. The badges on the prince's tunic are from the 707 squadron (left) and from the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell

Broadcast Date: 6 February 1975

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/93

Agency: Central Press Photos

Prince Charming, Diver. Off Southsea, Hampshire Monday. A library picture of The Prince of Wales in diving gear the day 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

Agency: Press Association

Sun Dance Camp, Alberta. Prince Charles was made a 'Kainai' Indian Chief the new name bestowed on the Prince was 'Mekastro' or Red Crow. The Prince had his face painted by Medicine Man, Arthur Healy, and this headdress placed on his head. The headdress created a small problem, the wind caught it and it turned inside out a few times before the Prince held it still with his hand. Sun Dance Camp, and Indian reserve is some 120 miles south of Calgary

Agency: UPI

Prince Charles starts at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Prince Charles today arrived at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, to begin his six week training course before joining the crew of the missile destroyer H M S Norfolk. Photo shows: The new recruit arrives, Prince Charles, the latest sub-lieutenant, seen in his Royal Navy uniform, wearing the ribbon of the Coronation Medal at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, today

Broadcast Date: 7 March 1972

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/72

Agency: Central Press Photos

The Player Prince. The Prince of Wales takes to the stage again tonight (Monday), when he appears in "Quiet Flows the Don", The Dryden Society's Trinity College revue, at Cambridge. The revue will run until Saturday. The Queen is expected to see it during the week. The 120 seat college theatre, it is usually occupied by a table tennis table, has already been fully booked. This picture was made during yesterday's dress rehearsal, when the Royal player fluffed and forgot his lines. See PA Story catchlined "CHARLES"

Agency: Press Association

The Prince of Wales stars in "Quiet Flows the Don" Revenue at Trinity College Cambridge. Prince Charles, in his third and last year at Trinity College, Cambridge, will take part in four scenes in this year's [?] which is called "Quiet Flows the Don". He appears on the stage of the 100 seat Trinity Theatre as a sports commentator, a weather reporter, he will appear in a [?] an interminable soap opera, and as an expert in a [?] of the antique programme. The show opens on Tuesday night until Saturday night. Prince Charles seen during rehearsal in sketch entitled "Going for a Quick One" in which he has a spot of bother with bagpipes

Agency: BIPPA

Cranwell, England. Prince Charles receives his Royal Air Force Wings from Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sir Denis Spotswood during a ceremony here. Charles has just completed a four month advanced flight training course at the Royal Air Force College here

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/71

Agency: UPI

Prince Charming: Charles of Cheam! Cheam, Monday. A library picture of Prince Charles the day after the Queen named him as the Prince of Wales. The happy Prince, wearing his Cheam School cap, strides back to the Berkshire school after attending morning service in church

Broadcast Date: 24 November 1980

Agency: Press Association

Prince Charles in the arms of his mother Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth after his christening at Buckingham Palace

Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle, July 1969. Series of pictures from stock

Broadcast date: 14 November 1978

Agency: Central Press Photos

The Serious Prince. Lieutenant The Prince of Wales giving orders on board HMS Bronington during an exercise in the Firth of Forth. 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

Broadcast Date: 1 November 1976

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/103

Agency: BIPNA

Sydney, Australia. A bodyguard moves out of the way as Prince Charles surfs in on a wave at Bondi Beach

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Roy Letkey

Prince Charming, uniformed. Aldershot, Monday. A library picture of the Prince of Wales, in the uniform of Colonel in Chief the Parachute Regiment

Agency: Press Association

The Prince of Wales in uniform as the Colonel-in-Chief of the Welsh Guards at Pirbright today, when he attended the St David's Day Parade. He has a graze on his nose and bruising around his eyes as the result of a hunting accident at the weekend

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/142

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Off Cowes, Isle of Wight. Today's composite picture of Prince Charles undergoing various hazardous angles of his latest water sport, wind surfing, off Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Prince took frequent duckings into the Solent and came up grinning. 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

'The Prince of Wales turns 40' . Charles, Left: soldier, Centre: sailor, Right: airman in the 1970s

Agency: Press Association

Chatham, Kent. The smiling Prince of Wales, Sub-Lieutenant, aboard HMS Minerva, leaves the vessel which arrived here earlier today. Yesterday, Minerva, a Leander-class frigate en route for home from Antwerp, was fog-bond in the Medway. At the quayside, the Prince took the wheel of his waiting Aston Martin car and drove off. He is due to spend his Christmas leave at Windsor Castle. In the New Year, the Minerva is due to leave for the West Indies

Broadcast Date: 4 April 1973

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/85

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/55

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/86

Agency: Press Association

London. A keen look, and it takes a keen look to recognise him under a bearskin, from Prince Charles, on parade in his uniform as Colonel of the Welsh Guards at the final rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour ceremony on the Horse Guards Parade today. The Duke of Edinburgh took the salute. The actual ceremony takes place next Saturday to mark the Queen's official birthday

Agency: Press Association

London. Royal injury. Prince Charles, nursing his injured finger in its blood-soaked dressing, today in London when he presented Export Awards for Small Businesses at the Savoy Hotel. See PA Story Royal Injury

Agency: Press Association

Prince Charles interviews veteran farmer Dafydd Edwardes on the lonely Cardiganshire holding where Dafydd raises Welsh cobs, Welsh Cattle and corgis. The interview will be screened in HTV's new documentary, "Countryside Seventy" on Tuesday 5 May

Agency: Press Association

A security man intervenes as a youngster attempts to hand a tulip to Prince Charles during his visit to Great Ayton, North Yorkshire today

Agency: Topix

Las Vegas, New Mexico. Prince Charles is welcomed to New Mexico by Armand Hammer at the Las Vegas Airport. Prince Charles will take part in dedication ceremonies at the United World College of the American West

Agency: UPI

Sydney, Australia. Prince Charles jogs early on Bondi Beach with his bodyguards

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Roy Letkey

Perth, Australia. Early morning swimmer Jane Priest kisses Prince Charles as he leaves the water at North Cortesloe

Agency: Associated Press

Bombay, India. Prince Charles receives a kiss on the cheek from Indian teenage actress Padmini Kolhapure at Bombay film studio where she is filming

Agency: Associated Press

Windsor, England. Prince Charles kisses hand of Queen Elizabeth II after receiving a medal, after England polo team including Prince Charles had lost to an American team here in international polo meeting

ITN Reference: ROYAL/ELIZ/

Agency: UPI

Photographer: P Skingley

Windsor, Berkshire. Royal Kiss. The Prince of Wales bestows a kiss upon the hand of his mother, the Queen, when she presented the losing captain with a runners up prize following his team's defeat by France in the Silver Jubilee Cup match at today's Cartier International Polo Day at Windsor Great Park

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [Press Association Court Photographer]

Agency: Unknown

Sydney, Australia. Prince Charles smiles as he dons a multicoloured beach shirt after an early morning swim on Bondi Beach today

Agency: Sydney Morning Herald/ Associated Press

Photographer: Trevor Dallen

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/112

Agency: Syndication International

Prince Charles leaving in style

Agency: Press Association

Agency: C Express

Lieutenant The Prince of Wales adjusts his beret after today's landing by helicopter aboard the commando ship HMS Hermes as a member of the 845 squadron. The Prince, at the controls of a Wessex helicopter landed on the ship's flight deck. He is to take part in a series of top level exercises in the Western Atlantic, Canada and the Caribbean. See PA Story 'Prince' timed 1403

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/96

Agency: Press Association

London. Prince Charles leaving the Apollo Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, with a blonde girl who was one of the friends with whom he had watched tonight's performance of Sir Terence Rattigan's "Separate Tables." The party sat in the front row of stalls

Agency: Press Association

Cambridge. Camera toting admirer for Prince Charles as he leaves Senate House, Cambridge, yesterday after receiving his Master of Arts degree from the University. The Prince spent three years from 1967 at Trinity College, Cambridge, reading archaeology, anthropology and history

Agency: Press Association

Prince Charles leaves Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital after receiving treatment on a damaged hand

Agency: Calyx Photo Services

Photographer: Sarah Johnson