Prince Charles took a train tour of the museum site

This is the prince's annual summer visit to Wales which will take in the north, west, and south of the country, visiting beauty spots and worthy causes.

The tour kicks off in Cardiff and the Rhondda valleys.

The themes for this year's visit include tourism, business and voluntary work, and the prince will be visiting a number of projects close to his heart.

The first stop on Tuesday was Cardiff Bay, where Prince Charles visited the new multi-million pound newspaper presses which produce The Western Mail, South Wales Echo, Wales on Sunday, and the Celtic Newspapers series of weekly papers.

After setting the presses rolling, he travelled on to the Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans, where was able to indulge his horticultural interests and open the new Italian garden.

Perfect summer spot: the garden at the Museum of Welsh Life

The rest of Tuesday afternoon is being spent at the Valleys Kids project in Treherbert in the Rhondda Valley, which helps disadvantaged children.

Over the next four days, the prince will visit Conwy, Gwynedd, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire, before calling in at the Welsh National Sheepdog Trials in Crickhowell on Friday.

Wales has seen quite a lot of the Royal Family recently. Prince Charles visited north Wales twice this summer - the last time three weeks ago for a gala concert at the International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen.

In June he was in Anglesey and then travelled south to Newport to help celebrate Prince William's 21st birthday.

Last week, Charles' youngest brother, Edward, the Earl of Wessex, paid his first visit to the Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd, accompanied by his wife Sophie who is expecting their first child.