Why is the Heir to the British Throne Called the Prince of Wales?

The son of Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, is of course called the Prince of Wales. But why is that, when he's part of the English royal family? Well, it has to do with a story of war, political intrigue, and conquest.

Some Sources:
A History of Wales by John Davies
A History of Wales: From the Norman Invasion to the Edwardian Conquest
By John Edward Lloyd

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[TheGeneralistPapers]

Thanks for watching!
And yes, I know I mispronounced Worcester, y'all can stop telling me (but I know you won't).

[zanizone]

"Having grown discontented with English rule... " must be one of the most common descriptors in history, about the start of any sort of rebellion.

[gudmundursteinar]

You missed the best part of the story. After defeating the Welsh rebels Longshanks decided to quiet the rebellious lords by declaring that he would appoint a prince, born in wales, to the title Prince of Wales This seemed to make the welsh princes happy until he appointed his son, who had been born in wales, and was a prince, Prince of Wales.

Trolling is very very medieval.

[baronbattles]

You missed my favorite story, that the King of England promised the Welsh royals that he would name as Prince of Wales a royal prince who spoke no English. However, in keeping his promise, he tricked them by naming his infant son, who couldn’t talk at that point as Prince of Wales, instead of one of them.

[danmitigation]

Great video! I really enjoyed it..For future reference Worcester is pronounced 'Wus-ster' ..I'm from the UK and we have a few places that are not pronunced in an obvious way Leicester and Middlesbrough being 2 examples..I believe it has something to do with the vowel shift, place names were pronunced different ways over the centuries and the spelling didn't always match..Maybe a cool topic for a future video!! Keep up the great work ✌

[faithjacksondocherty]

When they call NI “the quiet one”…
*whispers- who’s gonna tell him*

[jcaseyoneseventy]

The heir to the throne of the United Kingdom isn't automatically titled The Prince of Wales. But the title The Prince of Wales can only be bestowed upon the heir to the throne.

[Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

I found the title "Prince of Wales" to be quite curious! Although I vaguely knew about the medieval Principality of Wales, this video provided me with plenty more information, including the possible "first" Princes of Wales, the story of the conquest of Wales, and even how the future Charles III gave his investiture speech... in Welsh! Thanks for the video! Subscribed!

[Nyjawonder]

I was like 8 years old watching Prince Charles get invested as PoW. All I could think of is why is this lady hitting this poor boy on his shoulders with a sword. What did he do?

[danmanstefan]

This level of editing and graphics for such a modest view count isn’t fair, I’ll make sure to flex that I was a part of the 8000ish when you go big.

[MagickArmory]

Your forgot to add that Wales has the coolest flag lol

[Ggdivhjkjl]

Wales is arguably older than England seeing how the Britons used to inhabit those lands.

[hptpbookworm]

Sharon Kay Penman wrote a great trilogy about Llewelyn the Great through Llewelyn the Last called the Welsh Princes trilogy, which brings this all to life. Highly recommend!

[sameerthakur]

When he's naughty and gets punished, they don't have to say he's crying.
They can just call him the Prince of Wails.

[timothyhouse]

Not going to lie, when I was REALLY young I thought Prince of Wales had to do with the ocean and marine life.

[devingraves]

This channel is so high quality, needs way more views

[harrywood]

Charles is not the crown prince of England, he's heir to the UK throne. You also say the "countries" of the UK are "coequal". They are not equal. The powers of the NI, Scottish and Welsh devolved governments are different and England has no devolved government at all. Furthermore, you make it sound like the UK is a federation. It isn't. And I have no idea how you could describe NI as "quiet". Ever heard of the troubles? Heard of the brexit Irish border issue?

[joeygretler]

Nice one! I never quite understood why they called them that.

[michaeld]

"Co-Equal" and nobody has ever called Belfast "lovely"

[nancy]

This is exactly my question. Thank you for your clear explanation!