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DAY OUT: <\/strong>Caernarfon Castle, Conwy <\/span><\/p>\n\n

Prince of the castle<\/p>\n\n

The Prince of Wales was invested at mighty Caernarfon Castle, a fortress hailed as one of the greatest buildings of the Middle Ages, reveals Abigail Whyte <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Caernarfon Castle is 700 years old and took 47 years to build <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

I, Charles, Prince of Wales, do become your liege man of life and limb and of earthly worship, and faith and truth I will bear unto thee, to live and die against all manner of folks.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

On a hot midsummer\u2019s day in 1969, Charles Mountbatten-Windsor uttered these words to his mother Queen Elizabeth II within the Caernarfon Castle grounds, marking his investiture as the Prince of Wales. It\u2019s a ceremony the seaside town has hosted many times over the centuries \u2013 the first being that of Edward of Caernarfon, later to become Edward II. <\/p>\n\n

It was his father Edward I who commissioned the castle to be built as part of a chain of fortresses (Ring of Iron) around Snowdonia to stamp English dominance on North Wales. <\/p>\n\n

With its thick walls, fearsome King\u2019s Gate and polygonal towers, Caernarfon was made to be impregnable. Today, it is a peaceful place to visit, and remains one of Britain\u2019s most historically significant castles. <\/p>\n\n

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Abigail Whyte is a Herefordshire-based writer who loves to run, forage and swim.<\/p>\n\n

Photos: Getty <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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