Prince of Llamedos

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The courtesy title for the eldest son of the King of Ankh. This no doubt stems from a time when [[Llamedos]] was a tributary part of the Ankh-Morporkian Empire. The Llamedosians, in all probability, have never really accepted this, and reaction to being a Principality has ranged over the years from dissent expressed as armed revolution, right down to the most-recently-expressed laid back attitude of "well, if makes you happy to call yourself that, boyo, no skin off our nose, is it?" . This was usually accompanied by behind-the-hands sniggering at the terrible mess the Prince made of speaking Llamedosian, although the fact he even bothered to attempt llearning the llanguage usualllly won him a few brownie points.

While all this has fallen into abeyance since the death of the last King and the re-assertion of independence by the Llamedosians, it is interesting to reflect that [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]], by virtue of being (uncrowned) heir to the throne of [[Ankh-Morpork]], and childless, is also, ''de facto'', Prince of Llamedos.

==Annotation==

Llamedos is the Discworld incarnation of the [[Roundworld]] principality of Wales. One of the heriditary titles of the heir to the British throne is {{wp|Prince_of_Wales|Prince of Wales}}. Prince Charles is the current postholder, and prior to his investiture at Caernarfon Castle (1969) he was a student at Aberystwyth University, where he learnt to speak a slightly strained and idiosyncratic kind of Welsh. While some unkind people sniggered, it is safe to say that most of us felt the gesture deserved an appreciative nod and a couple of judges' scorecards holding up at least an "eight".

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