07:34 EST 14 Nov 2023 , updated 10:00 EST 14 Nov 2023
The King’s milestone 75th year was marked with a 41-gun royal salute in Green Park, a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London and a 21-gun salute in Edinburgh today – and a birthday sing-a-long at an Oxfordshire food waste project.
Charles looked to be wearing his 75 years lightly as he arrived in cheery spirits in Didcot around lunchtime with Queen Camilla to help launch the Coronation Food Project at a food waste distribution centre.
The King, who’s enjoying a working birthday before private celebrations later on, laughed as he was treated to a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday to mark his three quarters of a century.
Charles replied: ‘Oh gracious!’ after Baroness Louise Casey, who is helping to create his Coronation Food Project, asked whether he minded if guests serenaded him.
Baroness Casey told the monarch: ‘I was wondering if it was alright…’ at which point the King …