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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1979

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FROM JANUARY TO JULY 1975, HE SERVED IN HMS HERMES, FLYING HELICOPTERS WITH THE ROYAL NAVY. DURING THIS PERIOD, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SPENT THREE DAYS IN OTTAWA BEFORE GOING TO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES FOR A WEEK IN THE ARCTIC.

AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER HE STARTED LIEUTENANT'S COURSES AT THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, GREENWICH, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, IN THE WINTER OF 1976, TOOK COMMAND OF THE COASTAL MINE-HUNTER HMS BRONINGTON. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GAVE UP HIS COMMAND IN DECEMBER 1976 AND LEFT THE ROYAL NAVY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AFTER FIVE YEARS IN THE SERVICE.

IN JANUARY 1977 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY AND TO THE RANK OF WING COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS REPRESENTED THE QUEEN IN FEBRUARY 1975 AT THE CORONATION OF THE KING OF NEPAL AND IN SEPTEMBER AT THE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

IN 1977 PRINCE CHARLES CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE FOR THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL. HE WAS, SEPARATELY, PATRON OF THE AUSTRALIAN SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL AND IN THAT CONNECTION VISITED AUSTRALIA IN NOVEMBER.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS INSTALLED AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES IN JULY 1977 AND IN JANUARY 1978 HE TOOK UP THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGES. HE BECAME

A PRIVY COUNSELLOR AT THE END OF DECEMBER 1977.

HE IS A FREEMAN OF THE CITIES OF CARDIFF, LONDON AND CANTERBURY AND OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF WINDSOR. HE IS ALSO A MASTER OF THE BENCH OF GRAY'S INN AND IS PATRON (OR HAS SPECIFIC CONNECTIONS WITH) A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS. IN NOVEMBER 1978 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ACCEPTED MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF THE COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

IN 1974 THE PRINCE OF WALES ACCEPTED NOMINATION BY THE PRIME MINISTER AS RESIDENT OF CHEVENING HOUSE IN KENT (WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT TO THE NATION IN 1967 BY EARL STANHOPE ON THE CONDITION THAT IT SHOULD BE THE COUNTRY RESIDENCE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE DAY, A CABINET MINISTER, OR A DESCENDANT OF KING GEORGE VI).

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