Prince Charles plants a pine tree during his visit to Scotland
A royal laugh! Cheerful Prince Charles gets stuck in as he plants a pine tree during his visit to a horticultural centre in Scotland
- Prince Charles put on a cheerful display during his visit to Lanark on Friday
- The Prince of Wales, 70, is known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland
- Visited Castlebank Park and Horticultural Centre to learn about its renovation
Prince Charles put on a cheerful display during his visit to Scotland on Friday, where he was pictured planting a Scots Pine tree.
The Prince of Wales, 70, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland, was visiting the Castlebank Park and Horticultural Centre in Lanark to learn about its renovation.
Dressed in a grey suit and salmon pink shirt, Charles paid tribute to his his hosts by including a slight checked pattern in his suit, which he teamed with burgundy shoes.
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Prince Charles put on a cheerful display during his visit to Scotland on Friday, where he was pictured planting a Scots Pine tree
The Prince of Wales, 70, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland, was visiting the Castlebank Park and Horticultural Centre in Lanark to learn about its renovation
Charles smiled as he planted the tree, before meeting with volunteers and members of local organisations who use the park.
Charles was seen chatting with Sylvia Russell, Chairman of Lanark Community Development Trust, as he took a walk around the sunny park.
After admiring the greenery, Charles visited the centre’s office, where he was pictured signing the guestbook.
Meanwhile, just 40 miles away, the Queen was pictured inspecting inspecting the Guard of Honour, during the Ceremony of the Keys at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh.
Dressed in a grey suit and salmon pink shirt, Charles paid tribute to his his hosts by including a slight checked pattern in his suit, which he teamed with burgundy shoes
The Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland plants a Scots Pine tree during his visit to the Castlebank Park and Horticultural Centre in Lanark
Charles was pictured chatting with Sylvia Russell, Chairman of Lanark Community Development Trust, as he took a walk around the sunny park
New figures released this week show the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall took part in the most expensive royal foreign trip of the last financial year – costing the taxpayer more than £415,000.
Charles and Camilla flew on the official ministerial jet RAF Voyager to the Caribbean, at the request of the Government, and also made an historic visit to Cuba – a first by members of the royal family.
Figures from the royal accounts, released on Monday, revealed the island-hopping visit in March, which included stops in St Lucia, Grenada, Barbados and Havana among others, cost £416,576.
The cost included journeys made by royal aides who helped to plan the visit.
After admiring the greenery, Charles visited the centre’s office, where he was pictured signing the guestbook
The Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland alongside Sylvia Russell Chairman of Lanark Community Development Trust during his visit to the Castlebank Park and Horticultural Centre in Lanark to learn about its renovation
The heir to the throne carried out the bulk of official overseas travel made by senior royals during the last financial year – reflecting his work supporting the Queen who has not taken a long-haul flight for a number of years.
Charles also travelled to West Africa, visiting the Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria last autumn by charter plane in a journey costing £216,000, which included staff planning trips, and to France and Greece, by RAF Voyager last May, for a trip priced at £159,800.
The overall cost of travel by members of the royal family in 2018-19 was down £100,000 to £4.6 million.
The royal train was used a number of times including a trip made by Charles who travelled from Aberdeen to London in September last year for a number of engagements in the capital, at a cost of just over £22,000.
Charles and Camilla also travelled between royal residences by charter plane, flying twice from RAF Northolt in west London to Aberdeen in Scotland at an average cost of more than £17,000.
The figures for royal travel, included in the annual royal accounts, do not give details for journeys costing less than £15,000.
But the documents reveal that 204 helicopter trips, costing less than the five-figure sum, were taken during the last financial year by members of the royal family, costing almost £690,000 in total.
There were 43 charter flights below the £15,000 threshold, that cost just under £370,000, scheduled flights cost almost £50,000 while scheduled rail journeys came to £80,265.
Meanwhile around the corner… just 40 miles away, the Queen was pictured inspecting inspecting the Guard of Honour, during the Ceremony of the Keys at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh
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