STOKE-ON-TRENT.- The Prince of Wales today became the first Royal to handle the Staffordshire Hoard in 1,400 years. His Royal Highness was able to hold two artefacts from the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found – a highly detailed crumpled gold cross and a decorative gold stud with millefiori glass thought to be of Celtic origin. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visited an exhibition of 118 items from the hoard at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. Experts believe the craftsmanship of the seventh century treasures to be of high enough quality to have belonged to ancient kings. Their Royal Highnesses visited Stoke-on-Trent to celebrate the centenary of the federation of the city’s six towns. The full day visit also took in the city’s Bethesda Chapel, an 18th century chapel which has fallen into disrepair and is being salvaged by the Historic Chapels Trust; a civic reception at Stoke Town Hall; and