This is the place where the Princes of Wales are crowned. In 1284 the English king Edward, who conquered Wales, promised the Welsh that the future Prince of Wales will e somebody born in Wales who does not speak English, and then presented his baby son, also Edward, who had been born in Caernafon only a few months earlier. The prince succeeded his father as the king of England and ever since there is the tradition of crowning the heir to the English throne as the Prince of Wales. The last of those coronations took place in 1969, when Prince Charles was crowned as one.
Being the place of coronations the castle is in good repair and a major tourist attraction. It certainly is photogenic, if one knows where to look.
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