Roy Turner's Video 'THREE CASTLES'

The three castles of North Wales featured in this film are Rhuddlan, Conwy and Caernarfon, but the story does not end there.

I wanted to tell the story of why the castles came to be built in the first place.

King Edward I built them to consolidate his conquests of North Wales after he had brought to an end the reign of Prince Llywelyn and his family in the 13th Century. The story of their downfall is told in great detail with the many battles which brought the reign of Llywelyn Fawr (Llywelyn the Great) to a bloody end.

Llywelyn Fawr was killed at a great battle near Builth Wells and his head was removed from his body and taken to show the King at Rhuddlan before being taken to the Tower of London, where it stayed for at least 15 years.

The fate of Llywelyn’s body is not known for sure, though there are several theories about this, which have never been verified.

The regiment of the Royal Welch Fusiliers can trace its history back to 1689 and has fought in campaigns since the reign of William III of England right up to the present day. The museum of the Regiment is at Caernarfon Castle.

It has become customary for the heir to the English throne to be invested with the title Prince of Wales at Caernarfon since the time of Edward I.