HISTORY RECALLED
CARNARVON CASTLE
VISIT BY KING AND QUEEN
CHEERED BY THRONG
I UnltuiJ rrcss Association—Uy Electric Tele- j graph—Copyright. (Received July 16, 12.50 p.m.) LONDON, July 15. j Standing on the spot at Carnarvon Castle where, according to tradition, the infant Edward II was shown to chieftains, the King and Queen today "showed themselves to the people." As they advanced to the edge of the platform fanfares sounded and the thousands of people cheered.
Carnarvon Castle dates from the reign of Edward 1 (1274-1307) and is one of the finest examples of that great period of castle-building. Its chief title to fame, however, is that it was the birthplace of the first Prince of Wales—later King Edward 11. According to legend, King Edward I, to pacify the Welsh people following the defeat and capture of David, their last independent prince, brought out the newly-born infant—"a prince who could speak no English"—on a shield, and, showing him to the throng surrounding Carnarvon Castle, proclaimed: "Here is your prince." It is held by many people that the Prince of Wales's motto, Ich Dien, is a corrupted spelling of the Welsh words Eich Dyn (your man), used by the King on that occasion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 14, 16 July 1937, Page 9
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