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‘The Repair Shop’ Presenter Jay Blades Quits King’s Charity Following Domestic Abuse Charge

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The frontman of one of the BBC’s most beloved shows has quit his role with one of the King’s charities after he was charged with alleged domestic abuse.

The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades appeared in court Friday on a coercive behaviour charge, and the BBC rushed to drop all episodes of the show featuring Blades from its TV schedules.

The show features people bringing treasured possessions to a workshop to be mended by expert craftspeople including Blades, and the presenter was appointed building crafts ambassador for the charity, then called the Prince’s Foundation, in July 2020.

Now The Sun newspaper reports that Blades has quit his role with the charity, which confirmed yesterday: “Jay Blades has informed us of his resignation from the ambassador role.” Blades was given an MBE award in 2021 appeared with King Charles in a special episode of The Repair Shop in 2022.

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