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
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse Squadron RAAF, arrived over the battlefield at 1318, just as "Prince of Wales" sank. They encountered a scouting aircraft piloted by Ensign Masato Hoashi, who had discovered Force Z earlier, but it managed to escape the Buffaloes and returned to confirm the sinkings. Had it been shot down, the Japanese might have assumed that the two ships had survived the attack, and struck again. Destroyers "Electra" and "Vampire" moved in to rescue survivors of "Repulse", while "Express" rescued those from the "Prince of Wales". 840 sailors were lost: 513 in "Repulse" and 327 in "Prince Of Wales". After they were