King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla have kept up their busy schedules with a joint engagement in London today - but His Majesty was faced with a cheeky question by a young school girl.
The royal couple carried out their first joint engagement together in the capital since becoming King and Queen Consort at a youth project in Walthamstow. The pair visited the Project Zero, an organisation aims to reduce that anti social behaviour and knife crime as well as strengthen community cohesion. On arriving at the youth project, Charles and Camilla were greeted by some primary school children and stopped to chat to the youngsters.
A clip shows the King talking to the little ones, asking them about their school holidays and enquiring what they have for their school lunches.
However, one young girl can be heard in the clip piping up and asking Charles a very pressing question.
He asks: "How old are you King Charles?"
But luckily His Majesty takes the question in good spirits and has the perfect comeback by telling her: "Have a guess?"
Although he may have regretted his comeback as another child appears to say: "96" although he giggles at the suggestion.
The visit to the youth project comes after several busy days for Charles and Camilla.
Yesterday, the King started the day in Aberdeen, where he welcomed refugees from Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan and learned of efforts to resettle displaced families in the city.
Later he travelled south and held an audience with the President of Gabon at Buckingham Palace, after the formal celebrations of the country’s entry into the Commonwealth.
Charles welcomed President Ali Bongo Ondimba to the 1844 room, greeting him warmly with a smile and a handshake.
Earlier in the day the flag of Gabon was raised at the Commonwealth Headquarters, Marlborough House, for the first time.
Meanwhile, Camilla was joined by her sister to have had a night out together at the Booker Prize awards ceremony last night.
Literature lover Camilla arrived at the Roundhouse in London with Annabel Elliot, and one of the first people she met was Dua Lipa, who delivered a speech at the event about her love of reading.
Camilla, wearing a black lace cocktail dress by Fiona Clare and diamond earrings by Van Cleef & Arpels, also met shortlisted authors and presented the winner with his prize in what was the first fully in-person Booker Prize awards ceremony since 2019 before the Covid pandemic.
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the award for his book The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida.
