HAVING FUN IN SPADES IN CAMBRIDGE: THE KING COMES TO THE RESCUE ON HIS FIRST ENGAGEMENT AFTER CORONATION

His first words at his coronation ceremony were a sacred pledge to the nation and Commonwealth: “I come not to be served but to serve.”

- SALLY MORGAN

And in his first royal engagement since he was crowned, the King showed he is true to his word.

Preparing to perform a breaking-of-the-ground ceremony for the new Whittle Laboratory at Cambridge University, His Majesty leapt into action to help Dame Polly Courtice, emeritus director of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, when she lost a shoe after its heel became stuck in the soft turf.

Gallantly offering Dame Polly his arm to lean on, he smiled as she freed the shoe and put it back on.