King Charles appeared in high spirits this afternoon as he visited Ulceby Grange Farm in Lincolnshire.
The monarch, 74, beamed as he happily shook hands with staff working at the business in the Lincolnshire Wolds.
The family-run farm has been producing Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese since 1918.
For the engagement, the newly crowned King wore a beige suit with a red-and-navy striped tie.
To begin with, Charles spoke with Simon Jones – who runs the company with his brother Tim – before the two men ventured inside.
King Charles was all smiles as he arrived at Ulceby Grange Farm in the Lincolnshire Wolds this afternoon
During his visit, Charles learned about the business’ pioneering environmentally-friendly practices – which is a cause close to the monarch’s heart.
In recent years, the Lincolnshire farm has installed a 275kwh wind turbine and 50kwh of solar panels.
They also use a straw pellet boiler for heating their milk, which is a more eco-friendly process and saved the company from using 20,000 litres of oil every year.
On top of this, the farm also feeds their cows with crops grown on their farm in an effort to be more sustainable.
Lincolnshire Poacher uses unpasteurised cow’s milk and is generally left for 18 months to develop a tangy and sweet flavour.
King Charles has spoken passionately about the importance of protecting the environment for the past 50 years.
In 2020, the King admitted that people thought he was ‘dotty’ when he began speaking about the importance of protecting the environment to the Countryside Steering Committee for Wales.
At the age of 21, Charles delivered his first impassioned speech about his personal concern over oil pollution and single-use plastic.
King Charles pictured speaking with farmer Simon Jones as he arrived for the tour of the environmentally-friendly business
King Charles pictured watching the cheese miling process with great interest from a window at the dairy farm
The King pictured viewing the farm’s stash of Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese, which takes 18 months to develop
Tim and Simon Jones seen taking King Charles of a tour of the farm in Lincolnshire this afternoon
The brothers’ cheese is stocked in over 100 farm shops around the country and they also have experience making butter
The Lincolnshire farm has been run by the Jones family since 1918 and is now in its fourth generation
King Charles wore a purple flower on his lapel and a red-and-navy striped tie for his engagement today
For the engagement, the newly crowned King, 74, wore a beige suit with a red-and-navy striped tie
Charles greeted as he arrives for his visit to the Ulceby Grange Farm in the Lincolnshire Wolds, where the Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese is produced
King Charles, 74, appeared in high spirits as he entered the farm shop in Lincolnshire this afternoon
He also told how, as a teenager in the 1960s, he was concerned about the destruction of trees, wetlands and habitats as well as ‘the white heat of progress and technology to the exclusion of nature and our surroundings’.
In his 1970 address, Charles highlighted a problem that has become an illustration of humanity’s threat to nature.
Then he had said: ‘When you think that each person produces roughly 2lb of rubbish per day and there are 55 million of us on this island using non-returnable bottles and indestructible plastic containers, it is not difficult to imagine the mountains of refuse that we shall have to deal with somehow.’
What’s more, Prince William is also following in his father’s footsteps with his Earthshot Prize initiative – which he launched in 2020.
Founded by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental prize to discover and develop ground-breaking solutions to solve the climate crisis.
Five winners each year over the next decade will be given £1 million each in prize money, as well as specialised mentoring, to accelerate their ambitions.
The Prize recognises Finalists and Winners across five challenges, or ‘Earthshots’: Protect and Restore Nature, Clean our Air, Revive our Oceans, Build a Waste-free World, and Fix our Climate.
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