on this side, and of wales. england on this side, and wales over here. it was renamed the prince of wales bridge is a tribute to prince charles and his work in wales. 38,000 people signed an online petition against it, but recent polling suggests a majority support keeping the monarchy in this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at three: wales. i want to examine the murderers who refuse to say nation's relationship with the where they've buried their victims prince. so i have come on a trip could be more easily denied parole through wales through the past five under a proposed new law. decades in this 50—year—old motor as the two men vying to be pm again car to find out what marquee has attempt to win over members left on our country. a lot has in two hustings today, a bbc investigation discovers some party members changed since the prince was crowned, and in fact the story are receiving two ballot papers. stretches back even further. a powerful earthquake has hit southern california for the second time in a matter of days. it's the strongest in the region for 25 years. huge crowds have gathered in london crowned, and in fact the story stretches back even furtherlj declare the commonwealth games open. for the city's pride parade — it's expected to be the city's

largest ever march. hundreds of runners have been given charles was nine years old and free entry to next year's already aired to the throne when an london marathon after many of them complained of being announcement was made to the empire called "fat" and "slow". games in cardiff. i was 25 years old and at wimbledon, andy murray and serena williams working for the bbc in the old cardiff arms pub. there is still one more surprise in store. then we had the recorded announcement because the recorded announcement because the queen was in fair... i intend to create my son, charles, prince of wales today. there was uproar. one teenage boy heard this. the roof came off, and we we re full of heard this. the roof came off, and we were full of it one way to start the holiday. what happier moment

could it have been? i was mortally embarrassed. i was planted in front of the television with all the other boys. they all turned and looked at me. it wasn't a question of saying... it wasnt a question of saying, "yippee, i've become "prince of wales, how frightfully exciting, everybody." in north wales the announcement to set another young mind thinking. how did he feel about the monarchy? yes, i remember it. i was 15 at the time. we didn't think they were important to us were relevant to wales. i think that is when it started in my mind. what has this got to do with wales today? in the valleys of south wales today? in the valleys of south wales young girl who would like to

help develop a new history curriculum for schools heard the news. this is the 1950s, before any real growth in welsh nationalism so there was a great deal of pride and j°y there was a great deal of pride and joy for the monarchy. there wasn't a sense of two camps being divided. yea rs later sense of two camps being divided. years later and the atmosphere was very different. there was widespread public support for the investiture but welsh nationalism was also on the rise and the government had decided to crowned prince charles at a grand investitu re decided to crowned prince charles at a grand investiture ceremony. and they decided to do it here in the castle built by the english king edward the first, who killed the last native prince to real wales and the 13th century. the songs were to

become anthems for the protests. the 60s was a period of great change. amidst all the turmoil came investitu re amidst all the turmoil came investiture from nowhere. the demonstrators gathered benin the castle for an anti—investiture rallied. all together as one british happy family rallied. all together as one british happyfamily again, rallied. all together as one british happy family again, that is the way we saw it and we couldn't forget the way the title once of wales had been taken from us as it were and given to the heir to the english throne. the prince put on a brave face. in the run—up to the ceremony he was sent to learn welsh at aberystwyth university. elin jones sent to learn welsh at aberystwyth university. elinjones was a student at the time. only a kid, and he

looked so acutely uncomfortable. the prince remarked,... he was required to do it as part of his role as prince of wales and to remind people of their loyalty to the crown and the prince. it didn't convince eve ryo ne the prince. it didn't convince everyone at the 1969 event. i never forgot how at the time the endless backbiting criticism, cynicism. there was always an what was going to happen? something did happen. the night before the investitu re two

happen. the night before the investiture two bombers from an extremist nationalist group were killed when a device went off. the investitu re was to killed when a device went off. the investiture was to be a massive event for wales and for the monarchy. there was a lot riding on it. you could just about cut the atmosphere with a knife as the excitement builds up to the climax. brian hoey is now a royal biographer. the television coverage was seen biographer. the television coverage was seen by 500 million people throughout the world. i, charles prince of wales to become your liege man of life and limb. the investiture seems to focus a spotlight on the monarchy and on wales throughout the world. prince charles didn't particularly enjoy what he was doing. i do wonder whether there will ever be a repeat

performance by future princess of wales. —— princes. performance by future princess of wales. -- princes. ithink there was an opinion that people felt more conscious of the monarchy in wales and others felt more drawn to a sense of belonging and to the representative in the prince of wales because of the investiture. there lies the risk according to professor laura mcallister. raising public awareness about an issue makes opinions stronger. it is a great case of a low salience issue such as attitudes to the monarchy suddenly being thrust on everybody‘s faces in the form of a big symbolic ceremonial occasion like the investitu re ceremonial occasion like the investiture and then people having to make up their minds whether this was good or bad. i think there has been a real shift in public mood

towards authority. we are far less deferential now and don't believe we should respect authorityjust because it is in a position of authority and power. but did the prince of wales move with changing times? i'm going to find out what he did over the next five decades. in the 1970s, prince charles started speaking out about things he thought mattered in wales. he wasn't the first prince to do so. an earlier prince of wales, edward viii, is often quoted as saying that "something must be done" when confronted by poverty in the welsh valleys in the i930s depression. so what has this prince done to help disadvantaged communities here? one of the main aims of my committee has always been to give help and encouragement to those dedicated groups of volunteers and enthusiasts who want to work on practical projects for improving their environment.

in 1970, he became chair of the welsh countryside committee. the committee succeeded in generating such enthusiasm in one member that he rushed off and organised volunteers into tidying up the top of a small mountain in flintshire, while i contributed by hobbling up mount snowdon only to find a fairly hideous mess at the summit. the cafe has since been replaced. the prince's innovative campaigns to protect the environment continued. when you think that each person produces roughly 2lbs of rubbish per day using non—returnable bottles and indestructible plastic containers, it is not difficult to imagine the mountains of refuse that we shall have to deal with somehow. the prince then went to serve in the armed forces. will your service commitments mean we will see rather

less of you in wales? inevitably, yes, unless i can get sent to swansea! in 1976, the prince of wales used his naval pension to start the prince's trust, which today supports 3,000 young people in wales with employment, skills and business opportunities. in 1981, the royal wedding. wales took diana its heart. they thought she was splendid. and sir norman helped organise many of diana's visits here, too. when the two of them arrived, and they would go on either side of the road, there was always a great shout from the side where the princess went, which i think prince charles found a little bit disconcerting, that she

was infinitely more popular. did diana overshadow charles? always, every day, every moment of every day. when there were two of them in a room, it was only her at any time that anybody wanted to see. nobody wanted to know about charles, nobody at all, unfortunately for him, because he's a well—intentioned, well—meaning person. he really is. but she was a star. the young prince looked a little nervous, but obviously enjoyed the atmosphere at llandaff cathedral in cardiff, the first destination of his first visit to wales. st david's day 1991, and the introduction of charles and diana's eight—year—old son william. outside later, there was a real party atmosphere, and to the delight of the crowds, the young prince took centre stage to officially unveil cardiff's new logo. to less fanfare, prince charles continued his work with 42 charities and organisations in wales.

what i have tried to do is work through these different organisations that i have set up to act as a catalyst and bring people together from a whole range of walks of life and agencies and organisations. but has charles's work can proceed with the same enthusiasm as edward viii? if something has to be done i have just got and done it but people haven't bothered to find out about it. the prince started expressing his views personally to people of influence and power. this is an example of one of the periodic letters i had from prince charles. i used to get regular letters, as did other cabinet ministers, from the prince of wales, written in his own hand, but his views tended more to come out, notjust in his letters, but also in one

to one conversations. he writes personally to politicians and attempts to influence them personally. he is not meant to do that. constitutionally, he should be neutral. some people are concerned about an exertion of soft power, because of the position there is the influence, the ear of people who can make changes, people who are in authority, other people wouldn't have access to people like you. the prince of wales and the future king is not the average citizen, he is in a unique position. i don't understand the proposition that he shouldn't have an opinion or express it. he's very careful about expressing his opinions. he's forceful in private, but very rarely in public. 0ne occasion where the prince intervened very publicly was when he ate beef carved from the bone at a time when it was banned because of fears about bse. the welsh secretary who ate it too was later said not to have known it was cooked that way.

the worry would be that when he becomes king, he won't be able to voice his personal opinions quite so clearly. do you think that will be difficult for him? i think it will be. i think he'll be biting his tongue quite a bit. the late ‘90s were among the prince's most difficult years. charles divorced in 1996, and in ‘97, diana was killed in a car crash. wales mourned. a simple memorial of candles and flowers in a swansea market, an expression of how much the princess had meant to wales. diana's memory lives on in this portrait in cardiff city hall. after she died, i was sent here, and saw lines of people as far as the eye could see who had come to sign her book of condolence.

i had never known anything like it. nobody else had. i mean, it really was quite extraordinary, the amount of mourning, the amount of grief there was, and of course, there was also a huge amount of anger directed specifically at prince charles, and generally against the royal family. did the public‘s anger against charles, though, take longer to disappear? i'm not saying that people have forgiven him, but probably, attitudes have softened. the royal family realised something had to be done to improve public understanding of the role of the prince in wales, and the turn of the century saw a big shift in the way they do business here. the biggest change came when the prince bought his first home in wales. i'm now in muddfai in west wales and this is where the prince has set up home. i'm thrilled to be able have

somewhere at last in wales in wales that i can come to, 40 years too late. we are delighted that you have chosen this beautiful and historic area for your home in wales. the prince's home, llynywermod, is owned by the duchy of cornwall, the heir to the throne's estate, which funds his official duties in wales. as with other prominent figures, his security is paid for by the public purse. this isn't a grand palace in a capital city, but an organic farm in carmarthenshire. and very much in keeping with the prince's passions, llynywermod was restored using local materials and traditional methods. the point is to enable people to rediscover the value of these

natural materials and how marvellous they are to work with and actually they are more sustainable which is the point. all sorts of organisations have suddenly begun to understand the importance and the point behind what they are doing here with these sorts of materials. alanjones put a thatched roof on the prince's barn at llwnywermod. he also works with the prince's foundation, to pass on traditional skills. it's a wonderful opportunity for students to get involved with heritage crafts. we get students to go on work placements and they actually get to work with people who have been doing it for years and transfer the skills. there's a massive demand to look after our built environment. but it is notjust for old homes. the prince's foundation helps build whole new sustainable communities. i've come to llandarcy, near neath and the site of an old oil refinery that is being transformed

into a new village. it's a project that is very close to the prince's heart called coed darcy and it's fair to say it's one of his most ambitious projects anywhere in the uk. the prince's foundation is advising the developers here how to create 4,000 homes, shops, schools and businesses, all within walking distance of each other, and using local supply chains to cut carbon emissions. small changes in construction material can produce a big effect. simple, regionally produced materials which can be assembled on site support localjobs, regional industry and help achieve greater carbon reduction. this is better both for the environment and for local economies. the prince has used his base in wales to promote his other interests in sustainable food production and complementary medicine.

he is also patron to music and the arts in wales and the royal harpist — a post he created — plays at receptions at llwynywermod. i think the areas that the prince of wales has concentrated on may not seem to be, as it were, mainstream issues at the top of the political agenda to a lot of people, but areas that he thinks he can make a bit of a difference on. and areas where either he shouldn't, or he couldn't, because they're the proper province of, of contemporary political argument, controversy, governmental sensitivity, he doesn't tend to get involved in those areas, in any sense in public. but does dafydd iwan, who opposed the investiture, think the prince has made a difference in the past five decades?

they are succeeding, i think, to normalise the royal family as a family of acceptable celebs who have normal interests. that doesn'tjustify his position as prince of wales. but i think he has done some excellent work through the prince's trust. there's no point in painting him as an evil character. i mean, he's done the best of a bad job, it has cost us a lot of money. but i think he's contributed, yes. charles is now the longest serving heir to the throne ever. but after all this time he still faces some opposition. when the prince of wales bridge was renamed after him, 38,000 people signed an online petition saying the honour should be given instead "to someone who has done something for wales." this is a spontaneous demonstration which came about from a message on facebook.

now, of course, we have social media, it's very easy to gather people's voices together and build up some kind of momentum for or against anything. and i think we also are in a slightly different environment now where people are less deferential to authority, and particularly towards royalty, where they feel there are inequalities being reflected and privilege being reflected at a time when a lot of people are struggling to make ends meet. that could easily come to a head in a discussion around the next prince of wales and any attempt at organizing a ceremonial event with pomp and ceremony, such as an investiture. a royal source has said that they do expect there to be another prince of wales. a recent bbc poll suggested half definitely want one. if charles becomes king, william will become heir to the throne and, if his father agrees, prince of wales. so, what has been done to prepare

william for the role? as a young man, he lived on anglesey for three years, working as a search and rescue pilot. if prince william does become prince of wales, what sort of a prince of wales do you think he'll be? i think he'll have a greater knowledge initially than his father, because of the time he spent in anglesey, in raf valley, you know, going shopping to the supermarket, and meeting local people on a totally informal basis, will have given him a greater insight into how welsh people operate and surely he will do a splendid job. people who follow the royals believe william will bring a new approach to the position, were it to be granted to him. the role of prince of wales has to be redefined because it has to appeal to the younger generation,

they generally have an air of less deference, and less reverence to everybody, including royalty. that's no bad thing. so, the groundwork has been laid for the creation of another prince of wales. but what about another investiture ceremony? i just don't know whether the young people think the same way as one did in those days of going for pomp and circumstance, to think about it, pomp and circumstance is what we are all about. to mark the 50th anniversary of the investiture of prince charles, the queen held a reception at buckingham palace in march. and the prince will be in wales this week. but there are no street parties planned in caernarfon to mark the occasion. currently, no—one in authority wants to talk publicly at least about a future investiture. but in the same poll for the bbc, a1% suggested there should

be another royal occasion like the last one and 20% want a different type of ceremony. i'm not in charge of the monarchy myself but my reading of it is that the authorities involved want to remodel the royal family as something which is nice and cosy and friendly and brings people together. so, i think holding another investiture, for instance, would create so much furore on the social media. i don't think they would risk another furore over an investiture ceremony. but i might be wrong. there are some who will object to everything to do with the royals, you know, given the chance, they'll say i'm agin it. if there was a decision to hold an investiture for prince william, i would be incredibly surprised if this didn't improve to be a very,

very divisive and significant moment in the political history of wales. i've come to the end of myjourney, exploring wales's relationship with charles, and his work as prince of wales. during those 50 years, he has changed and so has wales. his work here is recognised, but not by everyone. how a future prince is created and how he conducts his role in future will be hugely significant but on this anniversary, only very few people really know. in today's uncertain political climate, this debate could run and run, and no one can predict precisely where, when or how it will end.

good afternoon. we are seeing a bit of rain affecting parts of wales this afternoon and the midlands and east anglia as well. a weather front working south across the uk at the moment has cleared the way from much of northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland into the central belt, this view from east yorkshire earlier. if you have the weather front with you it brings cloud, may be a bit of rain. here is how it looks on the satellite picture. quite a wide area of cloud but a narrow strip of rain within that which is continuing to work south. reaching south wales, the western flank of this front weakening all the time leading more substantial rain towards the east midlands and parts of south—east england into disabling. some showers affecting the north—east of scotland and cool breeze. to the south of our weather front a few spots around the mid 20s. for wimbledon cloudy skies

through the rest of the throne and the longer player goes on this evening the greater chance of seeing a bit of rain. as for the lionesses in action in nice this afternoon it is very warm out there but temperatures into the upper 20s, not as hot as it could be. into the evening here is the narrow strip of rain continuing to edge further south across parts of southern england. behind that of a night it is looking mainly dry. still some showers towards the northern isles in north—east scotland. loud and clear spells and temperatures dipping into single figures for parts of northern england, scotland and northern ireland down to five or six at the start of sunday. cool and fresh to start on sunday. a fine day to on the breeze they showers running through north—east scotland. you might catch an isolated shower in parts of northern england. a rain on the south coast closed that departing weather front will clear away. a cooler day across southern modes spores to bring in.

temperatures into the high teens or early 20s botticelli with the showers in northern scotland. high pressure on monday but weather front persistent rain moving into tuesday across the northern half of the uk. from monday most places have a fine day. some rain for some of us on tuesday especially scotland, northern ireland, northern england and may be north wales and north midlands. as the wait was on sunshine and showers, and nothing particularly warm out there. mostly again high teens or early 20s but close to average for the time of 00:28:35,179 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 year. that is the latest forecast.