Prince of Wales titled Princess of Wales. There was also no Prince of Wales for the first several years of the reign of Elizabeth II. Prince Charles was not named Prince of Wales until 1958, when he was nine years old. The title of "Princess of Wales" has always been held by the Prince's wife in her capacity as spouse of the heir apparent and therefore future queen consort. The current Princess of Wales is Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who automatically assumed the title upon her legal marriage to Prince Charles. Camilla however has chosen not to be publicly known by the title
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