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HRH The Prince of Wales: An exhibition to celebrate his 60th birthday |The Drawings Gallery | Windsor Castle | Windsor | 16.05.08 - 22.02.09

A visit to Windsor Castle normally takes you on historical trip through the ages of past monarchs and its present monarch, HRH Queen Elizabeth II. But today you can now also indulge in the past of the royal next in line to the throne, HRH The Prince Of Wales.

A special photographic exhibition on Prince Charles charts his life from an infant to present day, and is currently on display in the the Drawings Gallery of the castle.

Prince Charles with Princess Anne

See a selection of photos here:

大象传媒 Berkshire spoke to the co-curator, Lady Roberts to find out how this exhibition was created.

Listen to the full interview here or read extracts below:

"In the drawings gallery here at Windsor Castle we have changing exhibitions changing about once a year which includes collections from the library and the royal collection at large but also a focus on a particular historic theme or contemporary subject.听

"In order to celebrate the Prince of Wales' 60th Birthday this November we wanted to do something that was part biographical and also to illustrate and remind people of the huge amount of charitable organisations he's involved in and also his artistic work, so we've also included some watercolours by him."

With so many pictures available picking a small selection must have been hard, Lady Roberts explains how they choose the items:

"In this very small space we decided that we needed to concentrate on some key areas. So just roughly going round the exhibition we did his birth, his childhood, the coronation of his mother in 1953.

Investiture Coronet

"His schooling and university training, the investiture in Carnarvon Castle in 1969, a key moment in his life.

"Where we are standing now, in front of the case relating to his training in the armed forces.

"First of all in the RAF and then in the Royal Navy and then his family life. His marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales, the birth of the two princes.听

"His work and support of the queen, so visits overseas. His charitable work - particularly the Prince's Trust, but also his work with artistic charities.

"Then on a small scale: charming sorts of mementos, souvenirs - also books from his library".

Which photographers were involved with this exhibition?

"Well a huge range of photographs and photographers are included, Cecil Beaton, his uncle the Earl of Snowdon, his cousin, Lord Lichfield and a number of other professional photographers.

The royal family are in the public eye so a number of photographs in the exhibition are press photographs."

What photographs in the collection have a special meaning to you personally?

"The photographs of the investiture, which is a very solemn and serious occasion, and particularly the ones that show the prince kneeling in front of the queen.听

"Making his oath of allegiance and the moment when the Queen places the investiture coronet on his head.听We have this investiture coronet, beautiful golden object in the exhibition."

You can listen to the full interview with Lady Roberts below:

Lady Roberts has produced the book which accompanies this exhibition. Charles, Prince of Wales - A Birthday Souvenir Album. It traces the whole of his 60 years and includes material from his childhood, school years, births of his sons and marriages plus much more.

Click below to see images which appear in both the exhibition and book:

For more information visit this exhibition's official website: