Welsh call for own banknotes to celebrate Royal Engage-mint

Prince William and Kate Middleton should be made Prince and Princess of Wales and their engagement commemorated with a banknote, according to a study of royal sentiment among the Welsh.

The study, carried out by Travelex, the leading foreign exchange provider, asked over 1,500 people living throughout Wales how they would like to celebrate the royal engagement. It follows the news that Prince William and Kate Middleton are to live near the Prince’s RAF base in Anglesey, North Wales, after the April 29th wedding.

An overwhelming majority of respondents (83%) called for the creation of a special Welsh banknote to commemorate the news. Nearly half of those questioned also called for the royal couple to be appointed Prince and Princess of Wales.

Travelex Director, Peter Davies, comments: “Scotland and Northern Ireland both have recognised banknotes, which whilst not legal tender, are accepted throughout the UK and widely used for transactions in each country. It’s been over 100 years since the last Welsh banknotes were in circulation and this is as good a reason as any to bring it back.”

In further evidence of their support for the Prince, over half (53%) of those questioned also favoured him to be emblazoned on the banknotes. The research poll sees the Welsh choose His Royal Highness above some of their biggest celebrities including Shirley Bassey, Katherine Jenkins and Tom Jones.

In recognition of the findings, Travelex is to produce a Limited Edition £5 Travelex Royal Engagement Commemorative Welsh Banknote. The banknote, which is similar in shape and size to a £5 Sterling banknote, has been designed to reflect Welsh heritage. An image of Prince William replaces the Queen’s image usually found on a £5 Sterling banknote.

Fans of the royal couple will be able to get their hands on the Limited Edition £5 Travelex Royal Engagement Commemorative Welsh Banknote by visiting www.travelex.co.uk. It can be redeemed for £5 off their next transaction at www.travelex.co.uk. Not to be used as legal tender

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Yes, the art pages have returned! “Mandy’s Royal Artists” was a series of pages featuring the public’s works of art based on a royal theme. Found on Mandy’s British Royalty several years ago, the pages were lost during the website’s transfer to a new server. Now they return in the form of an art blog.

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Others are speaking up saying, “For England, a “confederated” United Kingdom would be nothing but gain. The obsession among Westminster politicians with keeping the union is archaic … An autonomous Scotland, a country as big as Denmark, should liberate the English parliament to enjoy a politics freed of the alien encumbrance of Scottish seats … It should also liberate England to consider its localism, its neglected Anglo-Saxon history and culture, without having to “take into account” the Scottish (or Irish or Welsh) ingredients of that curious vacuity, Britishness.”

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Sales of assets, which have raised £123.5 million since 2001, range from £30 million for a block of flats to £40,000 for farmland.

While dealing in property, Charles also purchased a new estate, located in Wales which I am happy to see. As Prince of Wales, it only seems appropriate. Now Charles’ only problem is trying to fit “Llwynywormwood” on to envelopes.