Prince of Wales

Noun

Prince of Wales (plural Princes of Wales)

1. A royal title given to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
   • Reassured and pleased with the railway, the Queen returned from Paddington to Slough on June 23, bringing with her the infant Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII.1953 June, “Royal Railway Journeys”, in Railway Magazine, page 364
   • Furthermore, two of the Princesses of Wales — Lady Anne Neville and Katharine of Aragon — became Queen through later marriages and were not consorts of Princes of Wales at the time of their coronations.1983, Mary Beacock Fryer, Arthur Bousfield, Garry Toffoli, “Introduction”, in Lives of the Princesses of Wales, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 6, column 1

   Synonyms:

   Pragger-Wagger