King Charles has filmed a Christmas special of BBC Countryfile at Highgrove where he was presented with handmade decorations from furniture students.
The royal, 76, looked in high spirits as he starred in the show alongside Countryfile presenter, Matt Baker.
Charles and Camilla invited the team to visit their Gloucestershire estate, where the couple spend a lot of their time living in a private residence.
During the episode, the monarch looked dashing in a smart khaki green trench coat which he layered over a blue shirt and pink tie.
The Countryfile team spent two days at Highgrove – which is run by the King’s Foundation – where they spoke to gardeners events team, chefs, students and tutors.
During the episode, Charles was seemingly feeling festive, as he beamed when he was given handmade wooden Christmas decorations.
The King is known for championing the environment and has been doing so since his younger years.
Aged 21, he warned about the dangerous effects of plastic pollution on the environment and has been a nature lover ever since.
The royal, 76, looked in high spirits as he starred in the show alongside Countryfile presenter, Matt Baker
The ornaments were presented to Charles by three students from the Snowdon School of Furniture.
The course – which is part of the King’s Foundation – helps focus on developing furniture-making skills using British timber, which is more sustainable as reduces carbon emissions and can even promote biodiversity.
The pupils study at Barley Court, a converted 18th century farmhouse and farm buildings which sit on the edge of the Highgrove estate.
Tuition fees and materials are covered by The King’s Foundation Scholarships through its donors.
During the special segment, Charles will also highlight his charity’s commitment to sustainability and educating the next generation in traditional heritage skills.
Elsewhere in the episode – which airs on December 22 – Matt met Highgrove’s garden team and helped harvest Brussels sprouts.
Adam Henson also joined a local farmer shepherding Shropshire sheep onto the estate’s wildflower meadow for grazing.
And the Countryfile team also got a taste of a meal that is fit for a King, as the royal chef prepared a Christmas dinner for them to tuck into.
During the episode, Charles was seemingly feeling festive, as he beamed when he was presented with handmade wooden Christmas decorations
The ornaments were presented to Charles by three students from the Snowdon School of Furniture
During the episode, the monarch looked dashing in a smart khaki green trench coat which he layered over a blue shirt and pink tie
During the special segment, Charles will also highlight his charity’s commitment to sustainability and educating the next generation in traditional heritage skills
The Countryfile team spent two days at Highgrove – which is run by the King’s Foundation – where they spoke to gardeners events team, chefs, students and tutors
During the special segment, Charles will also highlight his charity’s commitment to sustainability and educating the next generation in traditional heritage skills
Each year, Charles and Camilla allow the public to visit the gardens at the Highgrove estate between April and October.
Charles is heavily invested in the gardens and has designed much of the landscape himself over the past 40 years.
He has previously said: ‘One of my great joys is to see the pleasure that the garden can bring to many of the visitors and that everybody seems to find some part of it that is special to them.’
Before Charles moved into the property in 1980, Highgrove was owned by Maurice Macmillan, son of Harold Macmillan, who was the British Prime Minister in the 1950s and early 1960s.
This comes as the King was captured with a beaming smile after he attended The King’s Foundation’s annual ‘Crafts at Christmas’ at Highgrove last week.
Charles met students and alumni from the foundation’s education courses in crafts to learn about what they’ve completed throughout the course.
Around 15,000 students take part in the foundation’s education programmes each year, with many involved in courses teaching traditional arts and crafts.
King Charles appeared in high spirits as he arrived for the The King’s Foundation’s annual ‘Crafts at Christmas’ at Highgrove Gardens last week
Charles beamed as he shook hands with students last week before chatting about the work they produced throughout the year
His Majesty got stuck in with activities on offer at the Tetbury-based event and smelt hot roasted chestnuts last week
Elsewhere, Charles, who looked dapper in a smart brown coat, appeared to get into the festive spirit by smelling roasted chestnuts and helping decorate a Christmas tree with a wooden ornament.
Charles also spent time chatting with merchants, as well as a local rock choir who donned matching Santa hats.
Guided by the father-of-two’s vision and values, the foundation’s mission is to foster and strengthen communities where people, places, and the planet can thrive together in harmony.
The charity offers education courses for almost 15,000 students annually, health and wellbeing programmes for nearly 2,000 people every year, and spearheads placemaking and regeneration projects in the UK and overseas to revitalise communities and historic buildings.
