KING Charles appears on TV’s The Repair Shop and reveals he did not realise a tune played by a clock on his mantlepiece was the National Anthem.
He said it took him years to recognise the antique grandfather clock chimed God Save the Queen. Charles, 73, shared the anecdote as he challenged host Jay Blades and his team to fix a battered, 18th-century carriage timepiece.
As clockmaker Steven Fletcher presented their work, the King said: “Have you sorted this? Marvellous! It’s tolling a Scottish tune.” He added: “There’s one in Clarence House that plays the National Anthem.
It took me years to realise!” Charles filmed a one-off special of the BBC show at his Dumfries House estate in Ayrshire last year to mark the corporation’s centenary and promote the Prince’s Foundation.
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