Prince of Wales soil and speaking no other language"). William Camden wrote in his 1607 work "Britannia" that originally the title "Prince of Wales" was not conferred automatically upon the eldest living son of the King of England because Edward II (who had been the first English Prince of Wales) neglected to invest his eldest son, the future Edward III, with that title. It was Edward III who revived the practice of naming the eldest son Prince of Wales, which was then maintained by his successors: Nevertheless, according to conventional wisdom, since 1301 the Prince of Wales has usually been the eldest living
Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales May 1343. Legend holds that the Black Prince took the motto as well as the ostrich feathers from King John the Blind of Bohemia, who was killed fighting alongside the prince and his father at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. The motto is also a near homophone for "Eich Dyn", "Your Man" in Welsh. The Prince of Wales as part of his full achievement of arms has many Heraldic badges, which represents the history and sovereignty of his many titles. The Prince of Wales's feathers badge comprises "A plume of three ostrich feathers Argent enfiled by a royal coronet