The Repair Shop viewers are used to watching members of the public take some of their most treasured items in to see the experts in the hope of having them restored to their former glory. However, the latest episode saw a major change as host Jay Blades was joined by a VIP guest.
King Charles III invited The Repair Shop gang Dumfries House in Scotland to help him with a bracket clock and a Wemyss Ware ceramic piece. The episode, which was filmed prior to Charles becoming monarch following his beloved mother's death on September 9, was a one-off to mark the BBC’s centenary.
And King Charles was visibly moved as he viewed the handiwork on an 18th-century clock whose chimes had been restored, adding: “It shows what love, care and attention does.”