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

Tender moment for proud Royal parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, as they look at their son as they leave St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, tonight less than 24 hours after the infant's birth

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/138

Agency: Press Association

The Prince of Wales and Commanding Officer of Royal Air Force [RAF] Brize Norton. Norton Group Captain Phil Walker walking out to greet Welsh guardsmen home

Agency: Press Association

The Prince and Princess of Wales with Prince William after his christening today. Taken in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/139

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Wrexham, Wales. Prince Charles unveiling the memorial to the 266 miners who lost their lives in the 1934 mining disaster

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Wrexham, Wales. Prince Charles inspecting the Guards of Honour 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Wrexham today

Agency: Press Association

Newport, Gwent . Prince Charles shyly emerges from a robing room at the £20 million Inmos Factory at Newport today in a white "bunny suit" for his introduction to the microchip during a whistle stop tour of high technology factories in Wales' "Silicon Valley"

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Pirbright, England. Prince Charles hands out a symbolic leek, the emblem of Wales, to fellow member of the Welsh Guards during ceremony on the day of St David's Day Parade. The Prince of Wales was suffering from two black eyes, as a result of falling from a horse two days earlier

Agency: BIPNA

Photographer: Peter Skingley

Alice Springs, Australia. Prince Charles and Princess Diana meet local Aborigines at Ayres Rock today when the couple made a sightseeing tour of the area

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Roy Letkey

Sydney, Australia. Looking a very happy Royal couple, Prince Charles and Princess Diana attend a charity ball at the Wentworth Hotel here as they continue their four week tour of Australia

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Roy Letkey

Sydney, Australia. Prince and Princess dancing at the ball in Sydney

Agency: Unknown

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

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Roy Letkey

Adelaide, Australia. The Royal car passes an Irish demonstration in the main street of Adelaide today. The Royal couple inside the car were on their way to a reception at Town Hall

Agency: Associated Press/ Adelaide Advertiser

Photographer: Barry O'Brien

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

Agency: Melbourne Sun

Brisbane, Australia. Prince and Princess of Wales arrive in Brisbane Australia to start the fourth week of their Australian Tour. The Prince and Princess were mobbed by thousands of people as they toured the town on a walk about

Agency: UPI

Auckland, New Zealand. On his own two feet. Watched closely by his father, Britain's Prince Charles, and held by his mother, The Princess of Wales, 10 month old Prince William gets to his feet during a photo session. The Prince, wearing an apricot and lemon romper suit, was the focus of attention for nearly 60 photographers and reporters who attended the photo session

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/143

Agency: Associated Press

Nova Scotia, Canada. Britain's Prince Charles signs the Province of Nova Scotia guest book Tuesday while the Princess of Wales smiles to the crowd. Behind the Prince are Nova Scotia Premier John Buchanan, left, Governor General Edward Schreyer and Secretary of State Allen MacEachen, far right

Agency: Associated Press

Ottawa, Canada. The receiving line at Government House with special guests Prince Charles and Princess Diana. From left to right Governor General Edward Schreyer, Diana, Charles, Lily Schreyer, and Prime Minister Trudeau, just prior to dinner here

Agency: UPC

Ottawa, Canada. Prince Charles asks the press if they want him to throw them some food at a Bar-B-Q near Ottowa Tuesday night with the Princess of Wales at his side. More than a thousand people were in attendance for the informal meal

Agency: Associated Press

Malbun, Liechtenstein. Royalties on the slope. Princess Diana (left) and her husband Prince Charles enjoy a few skiing turns on the first day of their winter vacation on the Hocheck mountain near this Liechtenstein village

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Dieter Endlicher

Malbun, Liechtenstein. Prince Charles and Princess Diana on a chair lift during their nine day skiing holiday starting today. The royal couple were followed by 78 photographers during the first day of their trip

Agency: UPI

Photographer: Rick Wilking

Manus, Papua New Guinea. Prince Charles, dressed with a string of dog's teeth and a head band, is greeted by a tribal dance after he is proclaimed a hereditary leader of Manus, Thursday. Dancing on the right of the Prince is Nahali Rooney, former minister of justice and the only female member of Papua New Guinea Parliament

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Dick Fung

London. State Opening of Parliament. The Princess of Wales, wearing the Spencer tiara, and the Prince of Wales, in full dress Naval uniform, in the House of Lord's for today's State Opening of Parliament

Agency: Press Association

Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex. Disco King Charles. To the delight of youngsters, the Prince of Wales became a disco King today, attempting break dancing in a discotheque, at Middleton-on-Sea during his visit to a Youth Meets Industry course for 300 unemployed organised by the Princes Trust

Agency: Press Association

Norfolk. Prince of Wales Visits Holiday Camp Trust. The Prince of Wales rides a tricycle yesterday, on his visit to a "Work Sport and Leisure" course run by the Prince's personal trust for unemployed young people, at a holiday camp in Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Earlier this week, vandalism and arson caused more than £8000 of damage at the centre

Agency: Press Association

Melbourne, Australia. Princess Diana, wearing an emerald headband, dances with Prince Charles at a charity ball. The headband was formerly a necklace given top her by the queen

Agency: Reuter

Washington. President and Mrs Reagan greet Prince Charles and Princess Diana upon their arrival at the White House

Agency: Reuter

Photographer: Joe Marquette

Klosters, Switzerland. Prince Charles (centre) points the way down to the Princess of Wales (left) and the Duchess of York as the trio began their skiing holidays here

Broadcast Date: 4 November 1988

Agency: Reuter

Photographer: Rick Wilking

Davos, Switzerland. A helicopter of the Swiss Air Rescue lands with Prince Charles on board in front of the hospital of Davos (right) after an avalanche killed Hugh Lindsey on mount Gotschna. The injured Mrs Patty Palmer-Tompkinson was brought to this hospital

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Andy Mettler

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

Agency: Press Association

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

ITN Reference: CHAR/149

Agency: Rex

Photographer: Adrian Sheratt

The Prince of Wales studies the film programme before the premiere of "Looking for Richard" at the ODEON Leicester Square

ITN Reference: ROYA/CHAR/152

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: John Stillwell

Agency: Press Association

Lady Diana Spencer, who weds the Prince of Wales on 29 July, celebrates her 20th birthday on 1 July. This picture from the family album shows Lady Diana in her pram at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk

Broadcast Date: 30 June 1981

Agency: Press Association

Lady Diana Spencer as a baby with her sisters, Sarah age 6 and Jane age 4. Obit

Photographer: Mr J Hancock

Lady Diana Spencer celebrates her 20th birthday on 1 July. She weds Britain's Prince Charles on 29 July. Family album photos show her when she was three years old (left) and seven years old (right). Obit

Broadcast Date: 30 June 1981

Agency: UPI

Her seventh birthday and Lady Di (left) was riding high, with her younger brother, Charles. Bert, a suitably aristocratic looking camel, was hired especially for celebrations at Park House. Obit

Broadcast Date: 29 June 1981

Agency: Lynn News

Lady Diana Spencer, who weds the Prince of Wales on 29 July, celebrates her 20th birthday on 1 July. This picture from the family album, shows Lady Diana, during a summer holiday in 1970, at Itchenor, West Sussex

Broadcast Date: 30 June 1981

Agency: Press Association

Agency: Unknown

Lady Diana Spencer, friend of Prince Charles, with a child from the London Kindergarten where she works

Broadcast Date: 10 November 1980

ITN Reference: SPEN/1

Agency: London Express Service

A September 1980 library picture of Lady Diana Spencer, 19, whose name is romantically linked with that of the Prince of Wales. She is shown in the garden of the kindergarten where she works in Pimlico, London

Broadcast Date: 9 December 1980

Agency: PA News Photo Library

Lady Diana Spencer's look of astonishment as she stalls her car, a new mini metro, outside her Earl's Court, London flat this morning when leaving for her job as teacher at a kindergarten in Pimlico. Speculation continues that she may have a romantic involvement with Prince Charles who celebrated his 32nd birthday last Friday

Broadcast Date: 17 November 1980

Agency: Press Association

A November, 1980 library picture of Lady Diana Spencer, 19, whose name is romantically linked with that of the Prince of Wales. Her astonished look occurred as she stalled her ne Mini Metro car outside her Earls Court, London flat when leaving for her job at a Pimlico kindergarten

Agency: Press Association News Photo Library

A close-up of Lady Diana Spencer, 19, who favours casual clothes. Her name is romantically linked with that of the Prince of Wales, whom she has known since childhood. She was educated at the West Heath School for Girls, Sevenoaks, Kent, and currently works in a Pimlico kindergarten

Agency: Press Association

Obit

Broadcast Date: 29 June 1981

Agency: E Daily Press

Prince Charles's fiancée, Lady Diana Spencer being driven from Clarence House this morning. The 19-year old daughter of Earl Spencer will now live there until the wedding in July. The couple announced their engagement yesterday

Agency: Press Association

A library picture of Princess Grace of Monaco, who dies in hospital last night at the age of 52 after a road crash. With her in this picture taken in March last year are the Prince of Wales and his wife to be, Lady Diana Spencer. They were attending an entertainment at the Goldsmith's Hall in London in aid of the Royal Opera House Development Appeal

Broadcast Date: 15 September 1982

Agency: Press Association News Photo Library