In the opulent Great Steward of Scotland Dining Room at Dumfries House, the Prince of Wales hosted a black-tie dinner and reception with Americans he'd encouraged to turn around the fortunes of a run-down part of Jamaica.George W.
Bush's daughter, Jenna Bush-Hager, TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh and Dame Sue Bruce, chairman of the board of trustees of The Prince's Foundation, were among the guests at the Ayrshire Royal estate last Wednesday evening with The Duchess of Cornwall not able to make the gathering after her flight from Heathrow was delayed.Less than 24 hours after this dinner, Charles would become King after the Queen's passing on Thursday afternoon.Writing for The Sunday Telegraph, Alan Titchmarsh detailed his last day with the Duke of Rothesay in Cumnock before he would ascend the throne.Titchmarsh said in The Sunday Telegraph: "I was there to catch up on the developments at Dumfries House over the last few years since our new King rescued the place and its unique collection of Chippendale furniture, mortgaging his foundation to the tune of £11 million in doing so."Spotting him [the Prince of Wales] across the lawn as I began my tour, I leapt out of the Land Rover to say hello."The welcome was joyful and enthusiastic. 'Is your wife here?' 'No; I'm on my own.'"'But you're staying for dinner?' 'Yes!' 'Lovely.
I'll see you later.'"And after gently teasing each other about this and that as friends do, we went our various ways."I explored the estate and noticed the astonishing speed of developments in the buildings and the gardens.
I met just some of the 12,000 people - from schoolchildren to mature adults - who benefit from courses here each year in everything from textiles to masonry, water engineering to
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