"Holding an investiture now would probably expose even further fissures and might even perpetuate them," said Jones. Carlo is the Welsh diminutive for Charles that is often used as a name for pet dogs and is also the title of an anti-investiture ballad written by Dafydd Iwan. Protestors gather ahead of the 1969 investiture of Prince Charles at Caernarfon Castle in North Wales. He concedes that since Charles was born into his position and the institution of the monarchy, "you can't judge him that much," but he says Charles should have done more to bolster the Welsh language. "I think I broke every royal protocol in the book because you're not supposed to interrupt and everything he was saying I disagreed with, so I couldn't sit still," said Davies. He says he met the now-King back when he was just Prince Charles. The Welsh language and a war of wordsīack in Caernarfon, steps from the castle walls, owner Rhys Davies stands behind the polished wooden bar of Tŷ Glyndwr, a bunkhouse named for the last Welsh Prince of Wales. And in 2017, Welsh actor Michael Sheen returned his OBE (Order of the British Empire), an honour given by the sovereign to reward an individual's contributions to their respective field, in a manner of protest again the Prince of Wales title. It's not yet known how Wyn ap Elwyn's motion will be received by higher levels of government, but he says the most important goal has been accomplished: more people are joining the long, ongoing conversation about whether there's a place for the monarchy in modern society.Īn online petition to end the title "out of respect for Wales" has nearly 40,000 signatures. But it wasn't even a week after, this title was thrust upon us," he said.Įlfed Wyn ap Elwyn, a councillor for Gwynedd County in Wales, believes an investiture for Prince William in Wales would be an insult to the Welsh people. And I thought the discussions about the future of the monarchy could develop later. "After the Queen died, I kept quiet because … you wanted to give them time to grieve. ![]() It passed with the support of 46 Gwynedd councillors, while four voted against and another four abstained. Today, the moniker feels like "salt in the wound" rather than an outstretched hand, says Wyn ap Elwyn, who put forward a motion in October of last year to abolish the title. So here you go, here's the heir," said Jones.įor the past 700 years, the title of Prince of Wales has been reserved for the heir apparent to the English throne. It's sort of like, well, you need to have someone in the English monarchy who's got your back. "The creation of the title Prince of Wales in the medieval periods is actually more of a recognition of the frustrations of the native Welsh elite after the conquest. Nia Jones is a historian of medieval Britain at Bangor University in North Wales.
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