Investiture of the Prince of Wales The tradition of investing the heir apparent of the English, and subsequently the British, monarch with the title of "Prince of Wales" began in 1301, when King Edward I of England, having completed the conquest of Wales, gave the title to his heir apparent, Prince Edward (later King Edward II of England). Investiture is not necessary to be created Prince of Wales. Peers were also invested, but investitures for peers ceased in 1621, at a time when peerages were being created so frequently that the investiture ceremonies became cumbersome. Most investitures for Princes of Wales were held in front of
SS Prince of Wales (1887) accompanying their Steam Packet sister , which was landing troops at Suvla Bay. After the Great War, she was sold under the name "Prince Edward" to T. C. Pas for £5,600; () and was broken up at Scheveningen, the Netherlands. SS Prince of Wales (1887) PS (RMS) "Prince of Wales" No. 93381 was a steel built paddle steamer which was purchased together with her sister , by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from the Isle of Man, Liverpool and Manchester Steamship Company in 1888 - referred to as "The Manx Line". "Prince of Wales" was built by Fairfield