Edward Millward

Edward Glynne "Tedi" Millward (28 June 1930 – 18 April 2020) was a Welsh scholar and nationalist politician.

Education and marriage Born in Cardiff, He married Silvia Hart, with whom he had two children: Llio, an actress and singer, and Andras, an author and martial arts trainer, who died in October 2016. He had just completed a two-year term as Vice-President of Plaid Cymru when he was asked to teach Welsh to Prince Charles ahead of his investiture as Prince of Wales. This took place over nine weeks at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, prior to the investiture of the Prince of Wales on 1 July 1969.

Millward also served as Plaid's spokesperson on water policy in which role he advocated non-violent direct action against the construction of new reservoirs. In 1976, he was libelled by Willie Hamilton, who claimed that he had been involved in terrorist activities while he tutored Charles; he received £1,000 in a settlement.

Millward subsequently focused on his career as an academic, lecturing in Welsh at Aberystwyth. In the early 1980s, he supported Gwynfor Evans' successful campaign for a Welsh language television station. In 2003, he launched a campaign for a centre to commemorate Dafydd ap Gwilym.

Death Millward died on 18 April 2020 in Aberystwyth, Wales. Prince Charles paid tribute to Millward after his death:

In popular culture His autobiography, , was published in 2015.

He was played by Mark Lewis Jones in the Netflix series The Crown where he is shown teaching the Prince of Wales Welsh.