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Illustrations

1. Plaque commemorating Gwenllian, last of the royal line of Gwynedd.

2. St Winifred, the Welsh princess whose relics were removed from Holywell to Shrewsbury Abbey, where a window now commemorates her.

3. St David’s Cathedral, one of the oldest places of Christian worship in Britain, represented a challenge for William the Conqueror.

4. The tomb of Roger de Montgomery, Norman earl of Shrewsbury, a key figure in the English Crown’s campaign to dominate Wales.

5. Caernarfon Castle, where Queen Eleanor gave birth to the first ‘English’ prince of Wales in 1284.

6. Conway Castle, a lavish royal residence for King Edward I but a less comfortable resting-place for his great-great-grandson King Richard II.

7. The town of Monmouth still takes pride in the achievements of its favourite son, King Henry V of England.

8. Tredegar House, looking much as it did when the Morgan family entertained King Charles I here in 1645.

9. Demonstrating that mass-produced royal souvenirs are not a modern phenomenon, this jug commemorates the silver wedding of the prince and princess of Wales in 1888.

10. Raglan Castle, home of the marquess of Worcester, was deliberately ruined by Parliament’s forces in revenge for its owner’s support of the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.

11. Prince Albert ‘the Good’ looks down on the citizens of Tenby.

12. A bicycle decorated with flowers to mark the jubilee.

13. Three generations of princes of Wales are depicted in this postcard from the early 1900s.