REVEALED: How Prince Charles' investiture was OVERSHADOWED by moon landing

The moon landing in July 1969 was the most important news story of the final year of the tumultuous Sixties. Apollo 11 blasted off on July 16, 1969, as Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins marked the dawn of a new age. However, the month of July began with a less auspicious new beginning – the investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales.

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Prince Charles is the longest serving Prince of Wales in British history but this was not an automatic title – he was bestowed with it by the Queen in 1958 but the investiture took place in July 1969.

In an interview before the ceremony, Prince Charles said: "For me, it's a way of officially dedicating one's life, or part of one's life, to Wales and the Welsh people, after all, wanted it."

As the 20-year-old Prince was being crowned by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, across the Atlantic at the Kennedy Space Centre on Merritt Island, astronauts were making their final preparations for the first landing on the moon.

On the day of the investiture, Charles’ wore a regal coronet, designed by the artist Louis Osman – a spike 24-carat gold frame that took precedence, and diamonds and

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