My fella works in a garage in north Wales and this was discovered in a box in a loft this afternoon.
Original commemorative investiture edition of the Daily Mirror dated July 2, 1969.
In surprisingly good condition.
Features English spelling of Caernarfon and a fetching picture of Lord Snowdon.
by Vectipelta_Barretti
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Wow, great find from a historical perspective! However, my eyes are now hurting as these headlines have made them roll too much.
I know this was somewhat controversial at the time, but could you imagine the reaction to this today?
That’s the ‘halfway’ spelling of Caernarfon – the official spelling in English was “Carnarvon” until 1926, when it was semi-Cymricised to “Caernarvon”, then in 1975 the Welsh spelling was adopted for English as well.
That daft coronet worn by Charles was created because, of the two that already existed, one was too fragile and Edward VIII ~~nicked~~ borrowed the other when when he abdicated. The monde (orb) on top is allegedly a gold-plated ping-pong ball.
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