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The Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle 16 May 2008 – 22 February 2009 To celebrate the 60th birthday of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in 2008, a special exhibition will be shown at Windsor Castle, the royal home where The Prince spent much of his childhood. Photographs from the Royal Photograph Collection will document major public and family events in His Royal Highness’s life – his Investiture as Prince of Wales in 1969, marriage to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, the births of Princes William and Harry, and his marriage to the

Duchess of Cornwall in 2005, while works of art and memorabilia selected from the Royal Collection and from The Prince’s own personal archive will reflect many of His Royal Highness’s lifelong interests.

Prince Charles Philip Arthur George was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948, the eldest son of Her Majesty The Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was christened in the Music Room at the Palace by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher, on 15 December. To mark the occasion, his great grandmother, Queen Mary, gave him a magnificent 18th-century silver-gilt cup that had been a christening present from George III to his godson in 1780. The cup will be shown with other gifts for the young Prince, including a silver carousel made for the christening cake by wounded ex-service men.

visitor information and opening hours:
www.royalcollection.org.uk.