Avoid grand ceremony for new Prince of Wales, PM says, after protests

The new Prince of Wales should not be crowned with the lavish ceremony seen in the past, the Welsh Prime Minister has suggested, amid anger over the hasty decision to install him.

Mark Drakeford was kept in the dark before King Charles announced that Prince Williams would follow him in the role - although there is no precedent for this to happen automatically.

More than 27,000 people have signed a petition demanding that the title of Wales is no longer used. It was born out of England's conquest of Wales in the early 14th century.

The Prime Minister was asked if the investiture of Prince Williams should take place with great pomp and ceremony of 1969, when Charles was crowned in Caernarfon Castle.

The event was marred by shelling from the Welsh paramilitary group Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru, which killed two members of the group and seriously injured a boy from 10 years.

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Mr. Drakeford said, of holding an equally lavish ceremony: "Wales 2022 is very different from Wales 1969.

"I don't think watching this event back and think of it as kind of...