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Feature interview: Royal historian Elizabeth Norton

First Move with Julia Chatterley

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Welsh Nationalists - The Prince of Wales

Just 20 years old, Charles was sent to University College Abberestwith for a crash course in the Welsh language. There was a desire to use the unifying appeal to the royal family as a way of diverting attention and support away from people who saw the future for Wales as lying outside the United Kingdom. Back then, Welsh nationalists were mainly activists and academics, but today they're in government,. After the death of the Queen, the leader of Clyde Comrie said that the monarchy's future in independent Wales should be decided by the people. A survey in March from Cardiff University said 55% of Welsh people believe Britain should continue to have a monarchy.

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