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 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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