Catalogue description Welsh Office: Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1969: Records
Reference: | BD 67 |
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Title: | Welsh Office: Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1969: Records |
Description: |
This series consists of records of the Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales. It contains minutes and papers of the committee set up to organise the Investiture and some of its sub-committees. Also included are some of the working papers created in the Investiture Office. The vast majority of the files are from 1967 to 1969. |
Date: | 1906-1975 |
Arrangement: |
Former reference number; it is not known whether these W references were added retrospectively. |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | W file series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Welsh Office, Office for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1967-1969 |
Physical description: | 137 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1999-2004 National Assembly for Wales |
Custodial history: | The files were created in London but transferred to the Welsh Office in Cardiff when the committee was wound up in 1970. |
Selection and destruction information: | Most records were selected. |
Accruals: | No future accruals expected. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1967, the Secretary of State for Wales set up a committee to organise the celebrations surrounding the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. At the same time a small office was established to provide secretarial and other services to the committee. The committee and the office were accommodated in London. |
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