The King attended The King’s Foundation’s ‘Crafts at Christmas’ event, meeting students, alumni, and tutors from its specialist crafts programmes. Founded by His Majesty in 1990, the charity supports education, wellbeing, and community regeneration, with courses in woodworking, weaving, and embroidery taught at Highgrove Gardens and beyond. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I think so, yeah, only for firewood.
00:04We've each designed a decoration based off projects that we're working on at the moment with the school.
00:13Which wood is that?
00:15That's oak, and that's ebony.
00:18This is Rob's project.
00:30Which are nice because we see the lights through.
00:33And here it is, all these students, incredible.
00:36The great thing is they're all interested.
00:38It's really trying to maintain the timeless skills which are always needed really, whatever age we live in.
00:46And they're all rather disappearing, so it's a bit of a battle to try and keep everything, all the special ones going.
00:53Well, it's wonderful to see that you're doing what you can.
00:55Well, at least we can try and do something.
00:58Thank you so much.
00:59You're very kind.
01:00Are you coming again to just have a drink with some guy?
01:04Well, that's an offer.
01:07Are you not going to drag your man Hedgley?
01:09Oh yes, you remember!
01:11Have you still got that coat?
01:12I've still got the coat, there's not much left of it.
01:15So it's a question of who falls apart first.
01:19Yeah, that was something I'll never forget.
01:21Thank you again.
01:22Have a happy Christmas.
01:25Merry Christmas to all the family.