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Kristy Dawson

North East worker describes the surreal moment he got the King to flush a Lego poo down a toilet

A North East worker has described the surreal moment he got the King to flush a Lego poo down a toilet.

Tony Rutherford, who works for Northumbrian Water, met King Charles III during an event in Suffolk, while he was still the Prince of Wales.

The 44-year-old showed him a Lego model of the Treatment Works in Howdon, North Tyneside and explained how the site makes power from poo.

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