London. Prince Charles meets Joan Sutherland (L) and Dame Edna (Barrie Humphries) at Covent Garden, Royal Opera House, after Inaugural Gala Concert of the Australian Musical Foundation in London

Agency: UPI

Photographer: T Sapiano

Paris. President Francois Mitterrand meeting at Élysée Palace with Prince Charles of England who is on a private visit to France. Following the meeting Prince Charles made no statement at all

Agency: UPI

Princess and Prince of Wales in Italy. After visiting St Ambrose basilica, Prince Charles meets a crowd in Milano

Agency: Reuters

London. Prince Charles shaking hands with guitarist Chris 'Chrissy Boy' Foreman at the Dominion Theatre tonight when he met the pop group Madness before attending a rock concert, in which they were appearing, in aid of the Prince's Trust

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Prince Charles' new car, an MG C GT, being finally polished and checked at MG Car factory Abingdon

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/38

Agency: Oxford Photo News

Armagh, Northern Ireland. Regimental Tam o' Shanter for Prince Charles today when he visited the Gordon Highlanders at their headquarters in Armagh on the edge of the notorious murder triangle or IRA bandit country. During his surprise six hour visit the Prince visited the three British regiments of which he is Colonel and Colonel-in-Chief and shared with them the hardships of active service in Ulster

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Three official head and portraits of Prince Charles in celebration of his 50th birthday

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Clive Arrowsmith

Prince Charming, Gone Fishin'. Stornoway, Monday. A library picture of the Prince of Wales (white sweater) with some of the catch from the fishing grounds decided by him during his short trip off the north-west coast of Scotland

Agency: Press Association

A new picture of the Prince of Wales, during his course on helicopter flying at Royal Air Force [RAF] Yeovilton

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/94

Agency: Press Association

Ascot, England. Prince Charles races down the race course here this morning. Several members of the Royal Family and their guests rode on the course. This is the last day of Royal Ascot

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/80

Agency: UPI

North West Territories, Canada. Special for the London Daily Mail, Prince Charles on a snowmobile

Agency: Unknown

London. Prince Charles sharing a compartment with British Rail chairman Sir Peter Parker, he was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours, during a train journey from Victoria Station, London, to Gatwick Airport today. The Prince was inaugurating Southern Region's Rapid City Link, non-stop service between the airport and Victoria running every fifteen minutes in each direction throughout the day with an hourly service through the night

Agency: Press Association

Prince of Wales in commando assault course. The Prince of Wales in full flight 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 Charles is greeted by Lieutenant Commander Bates, the retiring Bronington Commander

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/100

Agency: Press Association

'The Prince of Wales turns 40'. Charles, the heir, on his mother's lap, Princess Elizabeth, at his christening in 1948 at Buckingham Palace, with his great grandmother Queen Mary and grandfather, George VI

Broadcast Date: 26 October 1988

Agency: Press Association

The Serious Prince. Lieutenant The Prince of Wales stands beside the bridge on board HMS Bronington during the 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. Not for publication before 0001 hours Monday November 1st 1976

Agency: BIPNA

Windsor. Zest for the game shows in the face of Prince Charles, playing at Stowell Park in a polo match against San Flamingo at Windsor Great Park today

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/89

Agency: Press Association

Nairobi. Prince Charles wearing a safari suit on safari at Lake Nakuru to have a look at the unique birdlife at this world famous bird sanctuary

Agency: Associated Press

Windsor, Berkshire. Prince Charles joins the popular comedy team of Eric Morecambe (L) and Ernie Wise on stage at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, last night during their special Royal charity show staged for the Queen's Silver Jubilee appeal

Agency: Press Association

Sydney, Australia. Prince Charles picks himself up after taking a tumble from his polo pony at Warwick Farm

Agency: Unknown

Watercolour by Prince Charles entitled "Nepalese House in Nauri Danda Village" which is one of two works by the Prince of Wales on exhibit beginning today at the prestigious Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. Charles has been painting for years, but it is his first exhibition in London

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/136

Agency: UPI

Canada's Great Bitter Lake, one of the two paintings exhibited by Prince Charles in the Mall Galleries as part of the exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. His paintings are among 752 on display at the gallery, only a few hundred yards from Buckingham Palace

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/137

Agency: Press Association

Poole, England. His parachute starting to open in front of him, Britain's Prince Charles makes his first parachute drop into the English Channel from Royal Air Force [RAF] Andover plane off here tonight

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/76

Agency: Associated Press

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/36

Agency: Central Press Photos

A Prompt for the Prince of Wales. The moment every actor dreads, forgotten lines, and the Prince of Wales (left) waits for a prompt during yesterday's dress rehearsal for "Quiet Flows the Don", The Dryden Society's Trinity College revue, which opens in Cambridge tonight and runs until Saturday

Agency: Press Association

Aldershot. Prince Charles joins in the fete at Aldershot today when he visited the Royal Regiment of Wales as its Colonel in Chief. He tried chipping a golf ball into a basket, however, his shot was wide of the mark. See PA Story 'Charles' timed 1336 onwards

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Windsor, England. Prince Charles (England number 4) in action, with Alvaro Pieres (Spain number 1), Howard Hipward (England number 3) during the international polo match England versus Spain on Smith's Lawn. England won 10 - 5

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Boris Spremo

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/21

Agency: Sport & General (Photographic News Agencies)

West Palm Beach, Florida. Prince Charles of Wales follows the action in Tuesday's polo contest in West Palm Beach, part of the activities planned for the Royal couple on their Florida visit. Diana, Princess of Wales was also present to present a trophy to the winning team

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Kathy Willens

Sydney, Australia. Prince Charles joins in a game of polo at the opening of the Royal Easter Show

Agency: Unknown

Nassau, Bahamas. Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, right, plays polo during his visit to Nassau. He is at Nassau for the Bahamas independence celebration

Agency: Associated Press

The Prince of Wales, left, and Major James Hewitt in action at the Royal Berkshire Polo Club

ITN Reference: ROYA/CHAR/367

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Martin Keene

Prince Charles playing with his great uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten, after he and his sister had landed from the Royal Yacht Britannia, for a few hours, soon after their arrival at Malta from Portsmouth

Agency: Central Press Photos

Prince Charles, A Modern Royal Portrait. Close up of His Royal Highness Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, as seen by painter Bryan Organ. The idea for the portrait was first broached in September 1979, and artist and sitter met on November of the same year. The National Portrait Gallery, which acquired the finished painting in 1980, left the design to be worked out by the artist and Prince Charles together. Bryan Organ, aged 46, has painted portraits of many people of note, including writer Malcolm Muggeridge, designer Mary Quant, and, in 1970, Princess Margaret, sister of the Queen and aunt of Prince Charles. The searching study of Prince Charles, in acrylics on canvas, indicates his interest in outdoor pursuits

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/124

Agency: Camera Press London

Britain's future King: A new portrait of His Royal Highness Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, by Bryan Organ. The idea for the portrait was first broached in September 1979, and artist and sitter met on November of the same year. The National Portrait Gallery, which acquired the finished painting in 1980, left the design to be worked out by the artist and Prince Charles together. The painting, an informal study, is a searching portrait of Prince Charles which indicates his interest in outdoor pursuits. Painted in acrylics on canvas and measuring 70 inches by 70 inches, the painting will be unveiled at the National Gallery on 12 February 1981. Bryan Organ, aged 46, and a former lecturer at Loughborough College of Art, has painted portraits of many people of note, including Malcolm Muggeridge the writer and journalist, Sir Michael Tippett, the composer, designer Mary Quant, ballerina Nadia Nerina, and in 1970, Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, sister of the Queen and aunt of the Prince of Wales

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/125

Agency: Camera Press London

June Mendoza's new portrait of The Prince of Wales. After it was unveiled today by Mr John Knott, Secretary of State for Defence, at the Fishmonger's Hall, London. It was commissioned by the Parachute Regiment. The Prince is their Colonel in Chief. Mrs Mendoza has painted several other members of the Royal Family including The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/135

Agency: Press Association

London, England. The first full length portrait ever painted of Prince Charles, seen today at Painters Hall. The Prince is wearing Garter robes, over Royal Air Force uniform and the painting measures seven by four and a half feet. The artist, Leonard Boden, was granted nine live sittings

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/82

Agency: Press Association

Prince Charles and his romantic future. Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, is at the centre of speculation concerning his romantic future. This week, the British Parliament discussed reports that Prince Charles might marry a Roman Catholic, Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, shown in combo second from left. Two other ladies that have been romantically linked with Charles are Lady Jane Wellesley, second from right, and Davina Sheffield, at far right. Photos from left dated: Prince Charles, 1978; Marie-Astrid, 1976; Wellesley, 1975; Sheffield, 1977

Agency: Associated Press

Newspaper Advises Prince To Look To America. Prince Charles, 28 year old heir to the British throne and world's most eligible bachelor, was given a tip by the London Daily Mirror Tuesday about where to look for his future queen among America's blue-blooded heiresses. The paper's New York correspondent reported that the society matrons of America believe Charles should give girls in the land of opportunity the once over. Among the girls mentioned in the article are from left to right: Anne Lindsay, daughter of former New York Mayor John Lindsay; Cele Briscoe, daughter of Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe and Heather Whitney, daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. Lindsay is a 1977 photo; Briscoe, 1975; Whitney, 1976

Agency: Associated Press

Abingdon, England. Wearing a parachute and a life-saving jacket, Prince Charles (right) walks to an Andover plane at the Royal Air Force's parachute school en route to make a parachute jump from 1,200 feet over the English Channel. The Prince sucessfully made the jump to become the first heir to the British throne to make a parachute jump, as part of the final phase of his Royal Air Force cadet training

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/28

Agency: UPI

Portsmouth. Prince Charles (right) preparing to dive to the Mary Rose in the Solent off Portsmouth today. The ship was to have been lifted from the water this morning but the final stage of the operation has been put back 24 hours because of technical difficulties

Agency: Press Association

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" flight with his instructor, Lieutenant Commander Alan McGregor, at Royal Naval Air station, Yeovilton today. The Prince was starting a three-and-a-half months flying course. See PA story "Prince (substitute)" timed 1522 - 1626

Agency: Press Association

A Prince on the Hook. The Prince of Wales during a fishing sketch in "Quiet Flows the Don", The Dryden Society's Trinity College revue, which opens in Cambridge tonight (Monday). The pay off line had the Prince pulled unceremoniously from his perch on the chair and towed offstage by a giant fish! Picture made during last night's (Sunday) dress rehearsal. See PA Story catchlined "CHARLES"

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Mike Sullivan

Prince Charles speaking after he had received the Freedom of the City of London

Agency: Sport & General (Photographic News Agencies)

Adelaide, Australia. Prince Charles receives his second kiss from Sylvia Cresner upon his arrival at Adelaide airport Thursday. Miss Cresner managed to plant a kiss on Charles' lips when he visited Adelaide in 1977

Agency: UPI

Prince Charming relaxes. Windsor, Monday. A library picture of the Prince of Wales relaxing before taking part in the Imperial International Polo meeting at Windsor Great Park

Agency: Press Association

Kenya. Prince Charles on the way back from his four days camel safari near Isiolo in Kenya

Agency: Associated Press

Prince Charles at the races. Lucky 13 for the winner Classified as he beats Prince Charles driving relentlessly for the line. Bonnie Prince Charles was the runner up in the Madhatters Private Sweepstakes at Plumpton, this evening, (Tuesday). The heir to the throne was full of grit and determination over the two mile flat course..... but could only finish following the tail of Classified ridden by Derek Thompson. The Prince was in the saddle of an American Horse Long Wharf in a race that featured a host of stars and personalities

Agency: Central Press Photos