You’re never too old or too royal for a compliment, as King Charles proved when a young child boldly told the King he was “so nice” during a visit to Harlem Grown, a New York initiative a local community organisation and after-school initiative tackling systemic health, education and wellbeing challenges faced by disadvantaged children and families the city.
It aims to transform abandoned urban lots into sustainable farms, a project which no doubt resonated with the green-fingered monarch.
The 77-year-old was surrounded by young people as he helped to feed chickens with home-grown lettuce grown in the on-site coop.
He chatted away with the children, adding that he “loved chickens”, and tore up his own lettuce to share with a young girl who called him “Mr King Charles”…