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Top Story. Thursday May 8th 2008: In quite extraordinary scenes Prince William has met with children, families and staff involved with the Valleys Kids 'Dinas Community Project' at Pen Dinas, Porth in the Rhondda today. Our young Prince also toured "The Soar Centre" during his visit to the Valleys Kids at Cross Street within Tonypandy. Prince William of Wales (The Patron, Mountain Rescue Council England And Wales) later viewed the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Base. He met with the team and assisted with "a practise rescue" at The Central Beacons Mountain Rescue (High Street, Dowlais) in Merthyr Tydfil. Full reports here and here. Pictures here. (Films: 1, 2, 3 and 4.) More now here. Background briefing for today here. Last weekend our Prince was attacked for taking "Chinook jollies" - learn much more about that here. Next week Monarchy Wales will be removing its links to some external photographic archives. Therefore, this weekend will be your last chance to take a peek at those past photographs of Prince William and Prince Harry, which are currently set by here and also by here. Some rare film footage of Prince William's visit to Cardiff in 1991 will also be removed early next week - so 'Watch The Reaction' for the very last time via here. For more on William's recent engagements see Monarchy Latest.

News Update. Monday May 12th 2008: "Imagine what could be at the top of the wish list of a soldier serving in one of the world’s toughest war zones - and 'Welsh Cakes' are unlikely to figure high in your thoughts." Read the rest of this interesting article by Steffan Rhys of 'The Western Mail' via here. Friday May 9th 2008: That gold Investiture coronet worn by our Prince in 1969, along with his text for 'The Address to The People of Wales', will go on public display next week. Full details here. For more about this exhibition, which will help celebrate our Prince's 60th Birthday this year - and also the 40th anniversary of His Investiture next year, see Monarchy Latest. Thursday May 8th 2008: The British Monarchy is set to come under fire from Welsh republicans on three new fronts. See here, here, here. Don't forget to check the newspapers and the letters pages in the days ahead. Wednesday May 7th 2008: Leader of The Labour Party in the Scottish administration, Wendy Alexander, has announced that Labour is now not blocking a referendum on full independence. This decision is believed to be part of "a political strategy" that will see nationalists in Scotland and Wales finally silenced once and for all. Full details here, here and also here. Saturday May 3rd 2008: Leading Plaid Cymru republican Dafydd Iwan has lost his seat in the 2008 Council Elections. However Mr Iwan, who revealed last year that he refuses to meet with The Prince of Wales as a matter of principle, will still remain president of Plaid Cymru. Full results and analysis from the 2008 Council Elections, which took place in every part of the Principality on Thursday, are available 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 also - 9. Friday May 2nd 2008: Neil Welton, the leader of Monarchy Wales, is set to begin his final year at the helm of Monarchy Wales. Neil, whose three year term ends on May 31st 2009, said he was "particularly looking forward to pinning the Government down on Britishness" during the next twelve months ahead. Neil added: "Over the past two years I've worked closely with this Labour Government on matters concerning the Monarchy, Britishness and, of course, this idea of an even stronger United Kingdom. I'm therefore looking forward with a keen interest to learning more about the Government's final plans - and to see them now actually delivering for monarchists in these very important and key public policy areas." Explaining the decision to axe The Monarchy Wales News Feed which has already resulted in a number of e-mail complaints, Neil said the Feed had merely been a three month advertising campaign for the new Monarchy Wales News e-mail service. Neil said: "If people want to receive news and information that we have compiled then they must become a member of The Constitutional Monarchy Association - plain and simple. This idea that, in the long term, we are going compile all this news and information for non-members is, quite frankly, bonkers. As Her Majesty The Queen might say - "What do you think this is?"." When asked whether he would like to stay on for a second three year term as leader, Neil said he was "not too sure about that" at the present moment in time. However, he promised to make his intentions clear before that March 1st deadline. Thursday May 1st 2008: It has been announced that from May 1st 2008, Monarchy Wales will axe its Breakfast Briefing Newsletter, The Monarchy Wales News Feed and some other aspects of its publicly available online content. These features will be combined and replaced with a redesigned and completely overhauled Monarchy Wales News e-mailed service. This new look service, which will use the very latest in internet technology, will enable us to make frequent but more direct contact with our numerous members and supporters in Wales and beyond. Sadly, our new Monarchy Wales News - complete with all our usual news and information - is only being made available to the fully paid up members and supporters of The Constitutional Monarchy Association. To join The Constitutional Monarchy Association today click on here. To ensure you receive the first new look edition of Monarchy Wales News just complete this online form here. If you already receive electronic communications from Monarchy Wales and are a member of 'The Constitutional Monarchy Association' you do not need to complete this form - as your details have already been added to our Monarchy Wales database. Please note - you can unsubscribe from Monarchy Wales News at any time by clicking upon here. The launch of Monarchy Wales News will not affect the Monarchy Wales website in any way. However, if you opt to receive Monarchy Wales News e-mails you will be automatically informed whenever the Monarchy Wales website has been updated. Saturday April 26th 2008: The Queen has appointed His Royal Highness Prince William Of Wales to be a Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Prince William becomes the 1000th Knight. See 1, 2. Friday April 25th 2008: Residents of one English village have turned their backs on England and demanded to be made part of Wales. Details. Sunday April 20th 2008: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to consult the public on changes to the Monarchy in order to modernise it for the 21st Century. Changes up for discussion include alterations to the male succession law and that bar on marrying Catholics. Full details here, here and by here. In Other News: Pictures charting the life of our Queen (and other members of The Royal Family) are online via a gallery here. Saturday April 19th 2008: Viscount Severn, the baby son of The Earl and Countess Of Wessex has been christened within Windsor Castle. The full details here. James Alexander Philip Theo, the eighth grandchild of The Queen, was born on Monday December 17th. Details about his birth here, here and also by here. For more on Royal babies past and present click.

Monarchy Latest. Monday May 12th 2008: Prince William of Wales has completed his week of "solo" engagements with two special visits with a sporting theme. On Friday, he visited a primary school in Blackburn for a kickabout as part of his role as President of The Football Association and its "Skills Programme". Full reports by here, here and here. Pictures here and here. Film by here. On Saturday, our young Prince visited The English Schools' Swimming Association's Water Polo Championships in the west Midlands. Full reports by here, here and here. Pictures by here and here. Film is via here. Friday April 25th 2008: The Prince of Wales (President, The National Trust) visited Bodnant Garden at Tal-Y-Cafn in Conwy today. He also visited St Grwst Church which is at Llanrwst in Conwy. Our Prince then opened the new North Wales Newspapers Press Hall at the Deeside Industrial Park. News reports here and here. A complete report appeared here online on Monday. A background briefing to the visit today is here. In Other News: Don't forget - you can keep up-to-date with all the latest news about The Prince of Wales here and about The Royal Family here. Friday April 18th 2008: The lifetime of His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, from his childhood to his 60th birthday year, is to be outlined in a Royal book from May. This book will contain unseen photographs of our Prince as a child - including pictures taken of some of his 1950s Royal toys. Details about the book: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Rarely seen photographs of The Prince of Wales, taken during his childhood, have recently appeared online. Click here to explore and search this extensive new gallery. In May, a very rare insight into the Royal childhood of our young Prince will be revealed at a new exhibition at Windsor Castle. Read 1, 2 and 3 for full details. To learn more about the childhood of our Prince just click on here. To view additional pictures of The Prince of Wales taken throughout his life, visit 'The Corbis Archive'. Using this archive is simple. To see our Prince in 1954, type 'prince charles 1954' in 'The Corbis Archive' search.

Top photo: 'Unity And Patriotism', Cardiff City Hall. (C: Ian Britton | Free Foto). Middle photo: Prince William inspecting some of the winning entries in our competitions which marked the Queen's 80th Birthday. (C: Gino Marotta). Bottom photo: 'Brecon Beacons' from Merthyr Tydfil. (C: Ian Britton | Free Foto). All these photographs are used with kind permission.