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

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

Cranwell, Lincolnshire. A portrait of the Prince of Wales in flying kit, which is to be unveiled tomorrow (Sunday) at Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Boyle. Commissioned by the Old Cranwellian Association, it was painted during the Prince's stay at Cranwell earlier this year by Mrs. Mara McGregor, of Martin, near Fordingbridge, who has previously painted other Royal Air Force personalities

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/74

Agency: Press Association

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

Agency: Central Press Photos

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

A portrait of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, in flying kit, as shown for the first time today at the Royal Air Force Club in Picadilly. John Hughes-Hallett was the artist

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/79

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

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

Berlin, Germany. On the last day of his Berlin visit, Prince Charles of England inspected British units stationed in West Berlin. Here, the Prince aims a bazooka for firing during an exercise

Agency: Associated Press

Prince Charles is 24 years old on 14 November 1972. He is photographed here wearing the Balmoral tartan, dancing with his cousin, 8 year old Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (daughter of Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon) at Balmoral

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/84

Agency: Camera Press London

Photographer: Patrick Lichfield

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/86

Agency: Press Association

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 Sailor Arrives Home. Prince Charles arrived back at Chatham today in the Frigate "Minerva" after 10 months service with the Royal Navy mainly in the Caribbean. An amusing incident is shared between Prince Charles and a Royal Marine when he was supervising the arrival alongside HMS Minerva, today

Agency: Unknown

Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Edinburgh with Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Balmoral Castle. Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle, July 1969. Series of pictures from stock

Agency: Central Press Photos

Photographer: Mike Sullivan

Britain's Prince Charles, body surfing a high wave off Mooloolaba beach during a visit to the Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane, today 22 January, while on leave from HMS Jupiter

Agency: Associated Press

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]

Los Angeles, USA. A cup of coffee for the Prince. Actress-singer Barbra Streisand offers a cup of coffee to Prince Charles of Great Britain as they chatted on set at Warner Bros. studio in Los Angeles today. The prince is visiting southern California while his ship is docked in San Diego, California

Agency: Associated Press

Devonport. White overalled Prince Charles, duty officer of the day, used aircraft control "bats" to see that the ship's helicopter took off safely, as HMS Jupiter came into harbour today. Earlier he had been navigating

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/88

Agency: Press Association

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

Agency: Unknown

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

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

San Diego. Britain's Prince Charles chats with Laura Jo Watkins at a reception last 16 March in San Diego while his Royal Navy ship was on a training cruise. Since then Charles has written to Miss Watkins and the 20 year old secretarial student is now the houseguest of US Ambassador Walter Annenberg in England after being invited to a party for Charles

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" 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

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

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

Suva, Fiji. Red robed Mayor of Suva, Fiji, Councillor Isireli Vuibau crouches in traditional Fiji gesture of respect for chiefs of the highest rank, as he welcomes Prince Charles. Fiji's Governor General, Ratu Sir George Cakoau is at far left

Agency: Associated Press

Sydney, Australia. Prince Charles addresses State Parliament in Sydney today during second session of the 44th Parliament in the Legislative Council Chambers of Parliament House, Sydney New South Wales today. Seated at left is Sir Vincent Budd, President of the Legislative Council and seated at right is Mr J A Cameron, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

Agency: Associated Press

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

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

Even a Royal face can't keep straight when there are Goons about. Prince Charles had a command performance of Goonery on Monday night (11-11-74) at a dinner in London to celebrate the publication of a book of scripts of radio's famous Goon Show programmes. But only three of the Goons were there: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine. The sick absentee was Harry Secombe. Not to be outdone he sent the Prince a poem

Broadcast Date: 1 March 2001

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/116

Agency: Syndication International

Even a Royal face can't keep straight when there are Goons about. Prince Charles had a command performance of Goonery on Monday night (11-11-74) at a dinner in London to celebrate the publication of a book of scripts of radio's famous Goon Show programmes. But only three of the Goons were there: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine. The sick absentee was Harry Secombe. Not to be outdone he sent the Prince a poem. "Oh spare a thought for poor old Ned, lying sick upon his bed - wishing he were there tonight instead of being struck with blight." Prince Charles (right) encounters an apparently sleeping Spike Milligan. Watching, from left, are fellow Goons Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine and book publisher Jeremy Robson of Robson Books

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/115

Agency: Syndication International

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

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

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 Charles with Princess Anne and the Queen Mother watch the meet of the west Norfolk hunt at Hillington, Norfolk. They drove over from Sandringham

Agency: Central Press Photos

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

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. 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 of Wales in commando assault course - The Prince of Wales running through a stream , 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

Broadcast Date: 9 March 1975

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

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 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. Prince Charles chats with former Lieutenant General Adolf Galland 62 (right), when he opened an extension of the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon, North London. In centre is one of Galland's wartime adversaries Group Captain Bob Stanford Tuck. The new extension will be available for temporary displays the first of these being "Wings of the Eagle" illustrating the history of German aviation. Galland shot down 104 allied aircraft on the Western Front during World War Two, more than any other German fighter pilot

Agency: UPI

New Delhi. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, left, introduces Britain's Prince Charles to guests at luncheon she gave in his honor at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Presidential palace (background) that formerly was the home of British viceroys. Prince Charles is on his way to Katmandu for the Nepal coronation

Agency: Associated Press

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

Photographer: Paul Potter

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

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