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

Agency: Melbourne Sun

Sydney, Australia. The heir to the throne of England, Prince Charles, takes a tumble during a Polo match at Warwick farm. The Prince was unhurt and continued to play

Agency: Unknown

Off Cowes, It's just not cricket. This wet-making sport of Princes, wind surfing, which always ends up in a right Royal ducking for the Prince of Wales, battling to keep upright in the Solent today. The wind surfer prince took frequent duckings into the grey and choppy waters and always came up laughing. 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

Abingdon, England. Prince Charles boards Andover plane of the Royal Air Force's 46 squadron here, en route to his parachute jump over the English Channel. The Prince parachuted from 1200 feet successfully to become the first Heir to the British throne to make a parachute jump

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/75

Agency: UPI

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. Library Picture of the Prince of Wales at the wheel of his £5,500 Aston Martin DB6 convertible sports car. The shutdown of the Aston Martin car firm has been the only honourable course open to its directors, Managing Director Mr Charles Warden said today. Mr Warden was addressing the 500 workers from the firm's Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire plant in the wake of last night's announcement that the luxury sports car company was going into liquidation

Agency: Press Association

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

London. Prince Charles takes the wheel for a spin around Buckingham Palace quadrangle today in Britain's only Silver Jubilee taxi. His passenger climbing into the rear seat is the cab's official driver, Mr Ted Ritchie, of Wandsworth, who was chosen for the job from London's 16,000 taxi drivers. The silver painted cab, a brand new vehicle costing £4000, will be used, free of charge, for fund raising events for the Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal. The rest of the time it will work as a normal cab

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/50

Agency: Sport & General (Photographic News Agencies)

Mexico City. Wearing typical Mexican Charro (cowboy) outfit, Prince Charles poses Tuesday astride "30-30" a horse owned by Juan Sanchez Navarro

Agency: Associated Press

Wales. The Prince of Wales, Chancellor of the University of Wales, at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, today

Agency: Unknown

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/33

Agency: Barratts

Agency: Unknown

London. Royal blood donor. Sister Barbara Johnson snips the tube after taking a pint of royal blood from the Prince of Wales at the North London Transfusion Centre in Edgware today. It was the first time the 36 year old prince has been a blood donor. See PA Story ROYAL CHARLES timed 1234 onwards

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Prince Charles, kitted up makes his final preparations before his last and deepest dive onto the sunken Tudor warship, the 'Mary Rose', lying in about 45 feet of water in the Solent, one mile off Portsmouth, Hampshire. See PA Story 'Prince' timed 1804

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Poole, England. Prince Charles, heir to the British throne descending by parachute from 1,200 feet over the English Channel, the jump was part of the final phase of his Royal Air Force Cadet training. His mother, the Queen gave her personal permission for the jump

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/77

Agency: UPI

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

Sydney, Australia. Prince Charles dancing with Ann Landa, the wife of Paul Landa, a New South Wales Minister at a dinner tonight in Sydney

Agency: Unknown

Prince Charming in Breeches Buoy near Thetford, Norfolk, Monday. A library picture of the Prince of Wales, crossing a lake by Breeches Buoy during his visit to 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's own Gurkhas at Stanford Training Area near Thetford, Norfolk, as its Colonel in Chief

Agency: Press Association

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/63

Agency: Unknown

Prince Charles, in uniform as Colonel of the Welsh Guards, on his way to the summit of Snowdon today with 30 members of the British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association (BLESMA). The party took a mountain train to a height of 2,556 feet and then climbed the final 900 feet to the top in an exercise to show bomb blast victims what cold be achieved with artificial legs. The demonstration was seen by ex Welsh Guardsmen injured in the Caterham pub bomb blast last August

Agency: Press Association

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

London. Prince Charles chats with Cardinal Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, and Primate of all England, at Christmas Carol Service at the Westminster Cathedral

Agency: UPI

Sun Dance Camp, Alberta. Prince Charles with Medicine Man Arthur Healy after he made the Prince a "Kainai" Indian Chief, complete with headdress and paint. The name bestowed on the Prince of Wales is "Mekastro" or Red Crow

Agency: UPI

Prince Charles, holding Prince William, descending from a plane with Princess Diana walking in front

Agency: Unknown

Prince Charles carefully carries the royal baby down the steps from the aircraft at Aberdeen today

Agency: Unknown

The Serious Prince - Lieutenant The Prince of Wales looks out to the stern of HMS Bronington as it moves away from the quay to take part in the exercise. 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

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

Petty Officer Peter Stills pipes Prince Charles on board HMS Bronington

Agency: Press Association

Here is the weather and this is the Prince of Wales blowing it. Blowing bubbles in this picture of The Prince of Wales, playing the role of a weatherman, in one of the sketches in Quiet Flows the Don, in the Dryden Society's Trinity College revue which opens tonight (Monday). Picture made during yesterday's dress rehearsal

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

The Prince of Wales was this morning presented with his flying badge at Royal Air Force Tangmere, Sussex by Air Marshall L D Mavor, Air Office Commanding in Chief Royal Air Force training command. Prince Charles who began his flying training in July of last year and made his first solo flight in January has now completed 80 flying hours this morning. He passed the flying test to qualify for the flying badge which is awarded to members of university air squadrons. His Royal Highness flew in a chipmunk aircraft of the Queen's flight with his instructor Squadron leader Phillip Pinney. Prince Charles was also presented with a model of a Chipmunk by chief technician John Rae on behalf of a five men ground crew team of the Queen's flight. The team acted as ground crew on all of Prince Charles' 100 flying trips

Agency: Sport & General (Photographic News Agencies)

The Prince of Wales was this morning presented with his flying badge at Royal Air Force Tangmere, Sussex by Air Marshall L D Mavor, Air Office Commanding in Chief Royal Air Force training command. Prince Charles who began his flying training in July of last year and made his first solo flight in January has now completed 80 flying hours this morning. He passed the flying test to qualify for the flying badge which is awarded to members of university air squadrons. His Royal Highness flew in a chipmunk aircraft of the Queen's flight with his instructor Squadron leader Phillip Pinney. Prince Charles was also presented with a model of a Chipmunk by chief technician John Rae on behalf of a five men ground crew team of the Queen's flight. The team acted as ground crew on all of Prince Charles' 100 flying trips

Agency: Sport & General (Photographic News Agencies)

When Prince Charles visited the Aston Martin Factory at Newport Pagnell today he was offered a free lunch, a tin of baked beans. The offer was made by 5 year old Matthew Turvey of Newport Pagnell, who asked the Prince 'would you like these for your lunch?', and Prince Charles accepted the offer

Agency: Topix

Washington, USA. Prince Charles is greeted to the White house by the President and his wife who held a private dinner in the Prince's honour

Photographer: Michael Evans

Brize Norton, England. Britain's Prince Charles is congratulated by Chief of Staff Sir Michael Beetham after being presented with his parachute wings here Friday. At center is Flying Officer P Stevenson of Royal Air Force [RAF] Drayton who also received his wings

Agency: Associated Press

Royal Air Force [RAF] Benson, Oxfordshire. Prince Charles, wearing a biggles-style flying outfit which he said had been dug out of a museum especially for the occasion, at Royal Air Force [RAF] Benson in Oxfordshire today after fulfilling a private ambition by flying in a pre-war Tiger Moth biplane (behind). The Prince, who was accompanied by Royal Air Force Cranwell instructor Flight Lieutenant John Hardie, demonstrated his skill as a pilot by taking the controls of the 44 year old plane for more than an hour. As well as take off and landing he completed a number of aerial manoeuvres

Agency: Press Association

London. The uniformed Prince of Wales goes back stage at the London Coliseum after last night's Gala performance aiding the South Atlantic Fund, and meets (left to right) artistes, Dickie Henderson, Twiggy, Les Dawson and Roger Moore

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Above the 'Mary Rose' the Solent, Prince Charles back in his 'dry' suit leaving the Sleipner the boat stationed above the sunken Tudor warship "Mary Rose" on which the Prince has made his last dive today before she is raised later this year. It was the Prince's ninth dive onto the wreck, lying in 45 feet of water on the mud seabed of the Solent, one mile off Portsmouth, Hampshire. See PA story 'Prince' timed 1804

Agency: Press Association

Photographer: Ron Bell [PA Court Photographer]

Birmingham. Prince Charles attends his first rock concert here 14 May and meets the 'Status Quo' after the performance, it was 'Status Quo's 20th Anniversary concert in aid of charity with 11,000 fans taking part

Agency: UPI

London. Prince Charles at Westminster Abbey today, rehearsing tomorrow's service at which he will be installed by the Queen as Great Master of the Order of the Bath. He has arrived from Canada earlier today, wearing the beard that he had been growing during his five weeks away

Agency: Press Association

Frobisher Bay, N W T, Canada. Garbed in Wolverine-trimmed parka and rabbit fur hat, Prince Charles has himself a good laugh while watching an ice building competition at Frobisher Bay Thursday during festivities to mark the Toonik Tyme Festival and Charles' visit. The Prince leaves for Resolute in the high Arctic Friday

Agency: Associated Press

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

Prince Charles at the Royal Albert Hall for the Service of Remembrance with the Royal Family, but without his wife. The Princess of Wales arrived a little later, slipping in alone shortly before the service began

Agency: Press Association

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

London. In procession through the Nave of Westminster Abbey today, the Prince of Wales, after The Queen installed him as Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, at the 250th anniversary service of the Order. Yesterday when the Prince returned from Nova Scotia he wore a beard. Today only the moustache remains but according to Royal Navy regulations this is taboo. Only a 'full set' is permitted

ITN Reference: ROYAL/CHAR/99

Agency: Press Association

London. Yesterday's beard has gone…leaving a handsome moustache for the Prince of Wales, cutting a dash on today's arrival at Westminster Abbey for the 250th anniversary service of The Order of the Bath, where by the Queen he will be installed as the Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Agency: Press Association

London. Prince Charles being shown the workings of a telephone exchange before opening the Telecommunications Exhibition at the Science Museum in London today. The exhibition is sponsored by Standard Telephones and Cables, to mark the company's centenary

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]

Prince Charles (right) is pictured at the helm of the Flying Fifteen "Labrador", as he sails with Uffa Fox at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, today

Agency: Associated Press