SURPRISE is often felt that Prince Charles has not
'yet been created Prince of Wales. It was confidently expected by many that he would receive this title soon after the Queen came to the Throne, in accordance with the normal but not invariable custom. What likelihood is there that the eight-year-old Prince. will receive this title in the near future?
When Will
Prince Charles be made
Prince of Wales?
by PATRICK MONTAGUE-SMITH
Assistant editor of 'Debrett
The last Prince of Wales to be created-now the Duke of Windsor--was nearly 16 when his father became King, and was invested during the following year in an elaborate ceremony at Caernarvon Castle, chiefly brought about by the efforts of David Lloyd George and Dr Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph.
Edward Vi Wha
Welsh gold, of the last special coronet
the National Prince of Wales to have been now kept in born heir apparent to the Museum at Cardiff, which was made for the Duke of Windsor,
be tised will probably Prince Charles.
throne, and he was so created His at the age of one month. predecessor, George IV, was even younger, being only week old, and both were invest- ed in the cradle.
The reasons
Conn
Why then the delay for Prince Charles? There are two reasons. There is no doubt that
Wales looks forward 10 A cagerly similar ceremony to that AL Caernarvon, and although there is no reason why Prince Charles be created Prince of Wales now by Letters Patent and the investiture delayed until he is about sixteen (or when he Is considered to be old enough 10 go through the elaborate ceremonial), the consequent long delay would inevitably detract from the importance of the occasion.
The
First occasion
for
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occasion
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The ceremony in 1911 the first undoubted when a Prince of Wales invested on Welsh soll and who addressed his people In their own language. The legend that Edward I presented his baby son to the people of Wales their Prince, being one who was
could born a Welshman, speak one word of English French (then the court langu- age), and was without blemish on bis honour, unfortunately cannot be proved. Edward II was certainly born at Caernar von, but was aged sixteen when he was created the Brat Prince of Wales by charter.
DF
de-
not All heirs apparent have
Princes of Wales, and become some creations were long layed. It is surprising to And the first Prince did not
Also, it is not generally realised that on creation, Prince Charles would automatically become a Knight of the Garter, for Edward II in his Statutes ordained that Princes of Wales that should be "a constituent part" confer this honour on his son, the future Edward III who did, of the Most Noble Order.
the Earldor Queen may prefer to wait until however, receive
in- her son is old enough to under- of Chester which has since stand the meaning of this great variably been created with the Order of Chivalry. Of course, Princely title. this investiture and Installation in St George's Chapel, Windsor, could also be delayed, but in the the honour would meantime merely be an empty title.
Although heralds, druids, Welsh MPa mayors and many others will take part in the in- vestiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales if the Caernar- von precedent of 1911 is follow
has ed, the essential ceremony remained unchanged since the reign of Edward 1 nearly 700 years ago.
Honry VIII, for all his joy at the birth of his only legitimate son Edward was in no hurry to
Prince of
Wales create him Preparations for Letters Patent had just began when the King died, and the nine-year-old boy consequently succeeded him co
having
been without officially Prince of Wales.
Despite the magnificent net-
of ting
Caernarvon Castle, Prince Charles will probably be Invested in Cardiff, now official-
ever
A golden circlet (originally a ly the capital city of Wales. In
sliver one) is placed
on the addition to her claim on that
head, a ring or the Anger,
a gold rod in the hand.
and score, South Wales has already The petitioned to be so honoured.
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THE QUEEN AND WASHINGTON
HIGHLY placed and authoritative British source has explained to me exactly what are the considerations which have been delaying the acceptance by White- hall on behalf of the Queen of an invitation from President Eisenhower to visit the United States in the late summer or early autumn of this year.
They are:
;
1. The fear that the Royal visit to America would be construed as "Britain trying to get something more out of America and sending the Queen along to soften the Americans up first'."
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2. The fear that the extent of the fiasco over the Suez Canal and the completeness
of Nasser's diplomatic victory may "touch off another slanging match between Fleet Street and the American press which would provide an unhappy climate" for the Royal visit,
3. "Complications" caused by the plea from Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent that if the Queers crosses the Atlantic this year she ought to go to Canada before coming to the United States,
4. The danger that even American exuberance would not be able to provide a reception to match the enormous personal triumph scored by the Queen on her recent visit to Paris.
Should the Queen's visit not take place after all, there may well be, an invitation to Princess Margaret to come to the United States next spring.
now giving official pause in By that time, several of the factors which are London will have faded. And there can be no doubt that a visit by Princess Margaret would bring down the American house.
Count
Basie
THE TITLED
THE
By Noel Wain
RENE MACCOLL
SHOULD MACMILLAN VISIT THE KREMLIN
THE Russians seem to be having a
THE
Friendship with Britain Week. Mar- shal Bulganin's 8,000-word letter to Mr Macmillan, which the Foreign Office is now studying to so (a) what it means and (b) what is the catch in it, has been followed by streama of radio, propaganda 'designed to get the new line acrosa.
An Anglo-Russian UNKİCT standing, we are told could prove to be the "tuming point In the International relations of our time." The Soviet leaders want Mr Macmillan to go to Moscow and talk about it.
The Prime Minister will oer- tainly give a lot of thought to this proposition, for there are weighty arguments both for and against going.
It is, of course, "our fum" to visit Moscow, and Bulganin and Krushchev invited Sir Anthong Loo- Eden after their visit to doa.
The invitation was re- issued to Mr Macmilion poon after he became Prime Minister, but he replied that he could not see his way to an early visit.
His threats
This was a very reasonable reply, for since visiting London Marshal Buganin had uttered, at the time of the Suez crisis, some extremely rude threats against his former hosts.
Now, however, Mr Macmillan can scarcely claim that he is too busy to go to Moscow; he refuses, it will be because he has made a deliberate decision to rebuff the Russian overtures of friendship..
func.
I do not think he should re- I think he ought to go and find out what the Russiana have to offer. And I say this without any illusions as to what they are ug lo.
No success
The Russiant are hoping to break up the Anglo-American Alliance. They have been try Ing to do this for a very long time, without any auccess at all. Indeed, Mr Dulles did more to shatter it in one month than the Russians have achieved in years.
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There is no risk that they will persuade Mr Macmillan to abandon the Atlantic Alliance, But there is a serious risk that we may miss a real advantage, and actually harm the cause of peace, by leaning too far in the opposite direction.
Britain is in danger of ton getting what foreign politics are all about
Forgotten
vince Liberal
and
ALONE?
ANGUS MAUDE
TORY M.P. FOR EALING SOUTH
П
to the
after Ernest Bevin got fed up on American approval of it. We with Molotov and built up the are not yet, I hope, quite Atlantie Alliance, the right wing extellite. We can talk of his party embraced the new Americans separately. love with an equally uncritical enthurinam.
Emotional
It will be time to bring them and the Russians together when we have broken down the worst barriers between them.
The world, in this muclean
to
10
sked
Tho talk now all of "the age, is dominated by fear; and Democracies," smt the Free dear, if it degenerates into panic, World which are both highly can have some ugly results. emotional and tendentious At the moment the Russlens
ore more frightened of terms.
Britain's fundamental inter- United States than the Ameri ests are to keep the world at cans one of Russin.
The Rusinos have gone peace, to prevent any one nation
dominating the extreme lengths to surround from utterly
our themselves with a tringo a world, and to keep open
от our satellite neutral States overseas trade routes and
of
materials nulate their mother courstry. sources
They against attack. (especially oil).
United particularly sensitive about thein The existence of the
which in The Nations, which is no more than weakest point,
through which southern border. an instrument international negotiations take place (and not a very cficient one at that), drs no way detracts from, the need for our tradi- tional policy of maintaining the balance of power in the world,
all Our presont system of ances does this, for the moment, quite effectively. But it has not proved so effective in preSCTY- ing all Britain's interests.
to
The danger
They were never convinced of the purely defensive character and the United of the Bagdad Paet,
to it of the adhesion States eeemed to confirm their foors. There is a real danger now that if the Americans get clumsily in the Jordan criola the Russians wil
bo panicked to counter-measures, perhaps in Persia.
Too many people noem think there is no half-way house
Moccow is perfectly well for us between a 19th century
the world aware of the nature and im- Britain, dominating
the Middle East, and has ex- in arms, and a third-rate satellite portance of British interoria in
them of the United States.
This is dangerous nonsense. plicitly recognised Our influence could be immense diplomatic fit were properly applied. We Russians do not feel like can not only mediate between about America. the Russian and American glants but we can secure from both respect for our own vital interests. 7
Their aim
leaving
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This does not mean the Atlantic Alliance that unthinkable. It means that we should play a very special and more independent role in it. The Russians see the possibility of this, which is why they want to talk to us.
daiku.
But
the
this
It is therefore of the utmost importance that Britain should use her influence to prevent o clash between the two giants' in Indeed, tha the Middle East, nature of Britain's pastors. In the world fis us Ideally to influence both sides towards genuinely peacefully settlement
of world tensions.
Opportunity
I believe the Russians really want this, and I do not belleve the Americans are capable of
try to negotiating it themselves. There Of course they will
is also, at the moment, an un detach us from America, but
precedented opportunity Of his lessons. Today, organ play-Socialist ideas became a domd they will accept Lailure with making real progress towards a
the policies of their usual realism ing is his favourite hobby.
and make armament agreement. "Fots" also gave Basie piano this country, we have tended the best of negotiation on terms
lessons.
The first jobs
to
come
Ever
nant factor in
If anyone can do this job it is more and more to forget the
our Prime Minister, who is a his lessons of our history. We have agreeable to us,
There are thus great passi.
very shrewd and Way were in the East. He soon begun to think in terms of per- bilities in a visit by the Prime politician indeed.
with nailons found himself in the thick of manent alliances,
Minister to Moscow. To go with I think, therefore, that he the riotous Harlem night life chosen because we like their the Americana, however, would should go to Moscow and talk which produced so much of the internal policies. finest jazz He played plano at Those who talk about rent parties, in prohibition hide-tain's interests are accused aways and at breakfast dances being emotional and sentimental.
In 1926 he headed West, Ho became part of the booming night life of Kansas City,
Sentimental
Bri-
of
Jazz
what pun
neither Influence events signi-
I put it forward because I dently nor further our own belleve that this, nowadays, is
be to risk losing all When the frankly to the Russians--listen two giants square up to each to their fears and tell them dis- ours. other, fearful and full of trust, manoeuvring for position
I am not basing this proposal and posturing for propaganda simply on the crude theory that,
neutral purposes before the
when your allies have let you utions, the British role at the down, there is something to be But the furtherance and pro- conference la bound to be sub said for ercing had really come into its own tection of British interests are sidiary and fulle. We сел enemies have to offer. that Missouri River metropolis
елястьсе of known as "The Gateway to the the real practical
foreign policy. The sentimental West."
ists are those who allow them-
the sort of way in which Bri- Basle arrived In. Kansas Cityselves to be defected from this
lith influence ought to be used. by show, objective
conalderations in a touring vaudeville
No satellite
If It is used properly it can be He describes himself in those which have nothing to do with
Above all, Mr Macmillan's enormous. And lữ may save the days as "a kind of bonkey-tonk | it. plano player."
Consider the post-wan attitude visit should not be conditioned world from WET. of the Socialist Party towarde The show had had plenty of Russia and the United States. hard times, Business was short In 1945 the tail was all of By the time the show reached "Leit spearing in friendship to Konsas City it was on the verge Left: Bush was the natural of folding. didi Basie was
But
broke, and he had no means of ally, and the Americans were a
lot of capitalist cody. leaving town.
The left wing of the Labour He knew it was no good sit Party still feels this way. ting around feeling sorry fos himself and wishing he had never left
home.
Ho slanted was a "light misunderstand- trudging the streets looking for ing," over the wages.
THE Count was born plain early experience helped develop work. His luck happened to be
of rhythm. His next musical Bank, a borough of Mon-
move was to the piano, in bla mouth County, New Jersey, teens, Before long, he had the
*
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on August 21, 1906. He good fortune to shady with that A local cinema
A
ho
called the
But the villain
Father loath to kill musicians, and the count got away with two weeks' work without" pay!
Waller Page at that time was you might call Basie's
you
coum
interesia.
OFF BEAT PUBLICATIONS
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
"But now," said Sir John, London. CIR JOHN SIMPSON, "'s road mostly by people who rollicking controller of want to sea if their name is in
the bankruptcy list." But it is the Her Majesty's Stationery
"offbeatTM Officer, recently unfolded publications that fascinate Sh some of the fascinating. John most
"Who would buy a book for aspects of a job that in instance on horse files of the cludes publishing "delicious Ethiopian region?” he naked, pin up girls" and the "sex life of the elephant seal."
"Sometimes I wonder who on Carth reads some of
Dur publications," Ble John said,
Bir John wag in good form offica addressing tho
.
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"Or who is really interested seats for female shop assistants."
Sir Jaho, with a note of pride said that, ber Majesty's Stationery Office alsp
Ra
spent his childhood in that most gealal of the jazz giants Eblon had just loeb their plano what small town on an estuary the late Thomas "Fats Woller. player. So Basie got the job musical father. He taught him a
accompanying silent aims, He wealth of music, called the Shrewbury River, Realising that musle was to now looks back on those days only six miles from the bo his career, Bill moved to
with a chuckle, remembering Some Jart spots in Kaycon
played for Atlantic ocean, and 26 miles Now York. He remembers his ow
lough never closed. Drummar Jo Jones meeting with the Immortal Western, gangster thrillers and remembers;
bo when -in a beeline from New "F" as though it were only love stories. The held the job for sleeping one moming at 6am appliance and business equip in his voice, York.
vesterday,
One day, down in nearly a year, by which time he and a travelling band would mat de association.
Ho mid that the Biatlonery doos 'tranalaikuma from fornigh Unlike a great many fazzmen, Herin, he called in at the was more than ready for wake you up to make a couple his hone was not in big city Lincoln Theatre.
young change. "But it gave me a lot of hours stasion with them. You ice was first formed in 1760 languages, **
when the
cocalated,
there was "Recently slum conditions. Far from it coloured man was seated at the of good experience,” be styr. nover know what time in the according to the records, of "15
Now organ, beating out some great
unexpurgatos translation from In fact thousands of
morning someone would knock In 1928, he joined The Blue on your door
the Runden tilled The Madaure. Yorkers found and still and Jazz.
ment of Small Holes" he said. the air so invigorating that Rea
Devile-a prominent Jazz band
Other books. Included Bank is their first choice when he became a daily visitor to any of
who Walber Page,
**Iufrafed· Catalogue of Fle64," holiday time comes,
4he theatre while
Jate mestom weto jong, excit "yale was played a mighty wicked string ing and requent. Banda didat Now its 7,000 workers chura "The Whiting, the value COR'S SE There, listening to every note, bass then, and still does!”
with the some 0.000 publications a food compered watching every, action,
rehearself was jurt there out
your ranging from Hansard, the Haddock" mal "Sex Life of the In those days of prohibition, and they played it."
official report of parlimentary Elephant Seal" The organ seemed such an Kansas City was run by po- Theĺko Devils toured proceedings, to the survica The best seller so far has | musically—for both "his" parents effortless instrument to play! Hical king Tom Prendergast. around
City Капран
koe
"The Highway Code* amateur One day, Basie's vigil was ro Many right spots were
We include in Soldier," Bir which Sir John raulcians. His mother, Lillian, warded. "Fate" turned round strolled by politicians and gang Oklahoma City. In 1929, « blues who played piano,, was his first to him and naked if he played stem, Duracking, gambling and shouter by the name of Jimmy John suld, some of the most 4,000,000 (M) copies fat
Rusting Jotnet is er op my deliciospine teacher. Harvey, his father, the organ. "No," said Base, practically avery blow E-that hom, Young but là give mor right arm to of vice were fine. And there was voloo was reputed to be audible ever seen Willian spent his school days-toarı "T
for blocks from where he was in the publie schools of his
Ringing. The next day, "y" naked plenty of work for machen.
.
werd
He was off to a flying start-
talented
So impressed was Basis that at that time-under the leader. Were jamanling down the street. ~ | WOKDAD"}]
and say they men
and
con-
and journal "Soldier."
'said je sold
stoney on every one of them,” s office also publishes. He said, the Stationery, Often London's) oldest newspaper was "under direction to make The
The neither proct nor low which la come towne he was at school him to come down into the One particular hoodlum aut Bade was not beger hos London Gazelle, me neither prode
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