Prince of Wales, the eldest son of the reigning sovereign, if so created. He is the heir-apparent to the Crown; he is created Earl of Chester, and is Duke of Cornwall by inheritance (during the life of the sovereign), without any new creation. See Letters of Queen Victoria, Sir James Graham to Her Majesty, 6th Dec. 1841. As to rights of the heir-apparent to submarine mines and minerals in Corn wall, see 21 & 22 Vict. c. 109; as to the obligation of his creditors to claim payment of debts within a short period of their being incurred on pain of the debts being barred, see 35 Geo. 3, c. 125.
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