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
HMS Prince of Wales (R09) Royal Navy officer on the subject of changing the name of "Prince of Wales" to "Ark Royal", a matter that the Prince of Wales was reportedly "pretty relaxed" about. "Prince of Wales" was formally named on 8 September 2017 at Rosyth dockyard by HRH The Duchess of Rothesay. HMS Prince of Wales (R09) HMS "Prince of Wales" is the second under construction for the Royal Navy, which will be commissioned in 2020. She is the seventh Royal Navy ship to have the name HMS "Prince of Wales". Construction of the ship began in 2011 at Rosyth Dockyard and is in