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King opens two coronation food hubs on 76th birthday
The Independent
|November 15, 2024
King Charles marked his 76th birthday with a visit to a charity project aiming to end food poverty.
Arriving at Deptford Trading Estate in south London yesterday, the monarch appeared in good spirits as he opened the first Coronation Food Hub on-site and inaugurated a second in Knowsley, Merseyside, via video link.
Volunteers from The Felix Project, who will manage the Deptford hub, cheered and waved flags as the King stepped out of his Bentley and was greeted by London mayor Sadiq Khan.
Schoolchildren from Peckham’s Rye Oak Primary School presented a homemade birthday card and sang “Happy Birthday” and he later took time to chat with the children, some of whom will benefit from the hub. Asked if he’d be relaxing for his birthday, he replied with a smile: “Not quite.”
Members of the royal family, meanwhile, marked the King’s birthday with public tributes, including the Prince and Princess of Wales who wished him a happy birthday on Twitter/X and shared a photograph of a relaxed Charles from his recent tour of Samoa.
This story is from the November 15, 2024 edition of The Independent.
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