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| Prince Charles's summer tour of Wales starts in Carmarthen | Prince Charles's summer tour of Wales starts in Carmarthen |
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| Prince Charles has started his annual summer tour of Wales with visits to three family businesses. | Prince Charles has started his annual summer tour of Wales with visits to three family businesses. |
| Every summer the prince and the Duchess of Cornwall spend a week at Llwynywermod, their farmhouse home in Carmarthenshire, and make a series of visits around Wales. | Every summer the prince and the Duchess of Cornwall spend a week at Llwynywermod, their farmhouse home in Carmarthenshire, and make a series of visits around Wales. |
| The theme this year is "celebrating Wales, past, present and future". | The theme this year is "celebrating Wales, past, present and future". |
| He began in south west Wales, touring a food firm using traditional techniques, a woollen mill and a cheese factory. | He began in south west Wales, touring a food firm using traditional techniques, a woollen mill and a cheese factory. |
| The prince was shown how staff at Cnwd Food Company at Cross Hands prepare and smoke sewin, which are caught locally from coracles using traditional methods. | |
| The company makes products sourced from ingredients found in Carmarthenshire. | The company makes products sourced from ingredients found in Carmarthenshire. |
| Next, the prince moved on to Melin Tregwynt woollen mill near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, in his role as patron of the Campaign for Wool, where he also met staff. | Next, the prince moved on to Melin Tregwynt woollen mill near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, in his role as patron of the Campaign for Wool, where he also met staff. |
| The heritage site has been adapted for modern use and employs 30 people in textile production. | The heritage site has been adapted for modern use and employs 30 people in textile production. |
| He also attended an event celebrating the growth of the rural heritage and textiles industries in Wales, organised by Creative Skillset Cymru. | |
| He rounded off day one with a tour of the Caws Cenarth cheese factory at Lancych, Carmarthenshire, which he last visited in 1998. | |
| Highlights of the week include the royal couple commemorating Wales' coal mining heritage with a visit to the Welsh national mining memorial at the scene of Britain's worst pit disaster. | Highlights of the week include the royal couple commemorating Wales' coal mining heritage with a visit to the Welsh national mining memorial at the scene of Britain's worst pit disaster. |
| They will lay a wreath on Thursday at the memorial in Senghenydd near Caerphilly where an explosion killed 439 miners and a rescuer at Universal Colliery in 1913. | They will lay a wreath on Thursday at the memorial in Senghenydd near Caerphilly where an explosion killed 439 miners and a rescuer at Universal Colliery in 1913. |
| The memorial was unveiled last year on the site of the colliery, exactly 100 years on from the disaster. | The memorial was unveiled last year on the site of the colliery, exactly 100 years on from the disaster. |
| Monday, 30 June | Monday, 30 June |
| Tuesday, 1 July | Tuesday, 1 July |
| Thursday, 3 July | Thursday, 3 July |
| Friday, 4 July | Friday, 4 July |