The King will visit the Government agency responsible for controlling endemic and exotic diseases and pests in animals, plants and bees to learn about its work combating avian flu.
Charles will be given a tour of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (Apha) headquarters in Weybridge, Surrey, where he will be joined by Lord Benyon, minister for biosecurity, marine and rural affairs.
Since October 2021 there have been more than 330 cases of avian influenza confirmed across the country, and in January farming minister Mark Spencer told MPs more than seven million birds, mainly turkeys, have been culled in that time.
