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His Majesty, King Charles III made four visits to the Bailiwick while Prince of Wales with three of them listed as official visits while one was a more private occasion.
Spending 64 years and 44 days as heir apparent, His Majesty was the longest serving Prince of Wales in British history.
The title was bestowed on him, by his mother Queen Elizabeth II, in a ceremony at Caenarfon Castle in north Wales on 1 July 1969.
That caused controversy with some Welsh nationalists, but the service was watched by an estimated 500 million people worldwide on television.
Pictured: His Majesty was the longest serving Prince of Wales in history.
Less than a decade later, the then-Prince of Wales made his first visit to Guernsey in May 1976, sailing in to St Peter Port Harbour as Commander of the Minesweeper HMS Bronnington.
Billed as an unofficial visit by Guernsey's Royal Court, the brief trip included a Vin d'Honneur held at the Royal Court House before an evening dinner at Government House.
The Royal Court diary entry for the visit recalls that His Majesty spent most of his time on duty aboard his ship, but he did fit in some windsurfing at Pembroke.
His next visit to the Bailiwick was almost exactly 19 years later when the Prince of Wales represented Her Majesty at events to mark the 50th anniversary of Guernsey and Sark's Liberation from the Occupying forces of the Second World War.
The two day tour started in Guernsey on 9 May where His Majesty unveiled the Liberation Monument which can still be seen standing tall alongside the Herm Travel Trident kiosk near the Weighbridge roundabout.
While there, the Prince of Wales read a special Liberation Day message from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, before unveiling the monument.
He later travelled to Sark where he stayed overnight before joining events to mark the 50th anniversary of Sark's Liberation on 10 May.
Nine years later, His Majesty returned to the Bailiwick for a tour which took in Guernsey and Herm, with representatives of Alderney and Sark brought to meet him in Guernsey.
Pictured: Prince Charles' visit to the Bailiwick in 2012 was recorded by photographer Tracey Bougourd.
An aircraft of the Royal Squadron brought the then-Prince of Wales to Guernsey before he was taken to Beau Sejour for an 'affirmation of allegiance'.
The organiser's plans had to change due to adverse weather conditions so that event was moved from Castle Cornet to the leisure centre before the royal visitor arrived.
His Majesty was then taken to Candie where he viewed a selection of original Royal Charters in the museum, before returning to Beau Sejour for a multi-media presentation called 'B404 - Tracing the Origins of Guernsey Today'.
That had been created by school pupils of the day, some of whom were present for the screening. States members, Law Officers, Jurats, representatives from Alderney and Sark, and representatives of various charities linked to the then-Prince were all present too.
His Majesty travelled to Herm aboard the 'Isabella of Sark'. While there he took a private tour of the island on foot with the then-Herm Manager Adrian Heyworth. The then-Prince of Wales also met island residents and visited St Tugal's Church and the Island School.
The 'Sarnia' brought His Majesty back to Guernsey and he flew out of the island on his return to the UK.
Pictured: Prince Charles at Saumarez Park in 2012 (Tracey Bougourd).
Each of the above visits were made by His Majesty alone. His first wife; Diana, Princess of Wales, is not known to have visited the Channel Islands, while his second wife; Camilla, accompanied him on his most recent visit, in 2012.
The then-Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrived for a two-day tour of the Bailiwick as part of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
Their two days were busy with a Youth Showcase event at Saumarez Park on Thursday 19 July to start. That involved more than 400 young people from a variety of organisations, including every year 6 pupil and other children.
Still at Saumarez Park, His Majesty met the winner of the Queen's Cup from the recent Guernsey Royal Agricultural Show, while his Consort met representatives from the Guernsey Adult Literacy Project.
Together, the royal couple toured the Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden before visiting the newly-redeveloped Les Bourgs Hospice.
Pictured: Charles and Camilla in the foreground. Behind them is Mike Tanguy who died recently having dedicated years of his life to organisations including Les Bourgs Hospice.
Following lunch, the couple attended an allegiance ceremony at Castle Cornet, where they also met representatives from the Royal Court, the States of Deliberation, clergy, the parishes, and emergency services.
A second trip to Herm followed for Charles, this time accompanied by his wife on what is believed to have been her first visit.
They stayed at Government House that night before travelling to Sark and Alderney the next day.
The then-Seigneur Michael Beaumont and his wife Diana greeted Charles and Camilla as they landed at at the Millennium Field. There they met the island's school children, politicians, emergency services and other residents, before touring the Seigneurie Gardens.
A second helicopter trip of the day saw them fly into Alderney where they again met members of the public, politicians, and representatives of different organisations, before returning to the UK.
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Her Majesty The Queen's visits to the Bailiwick, Part One
Her Majesty The Queen's visits to the Bailiwick, Part Two
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