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BBC News
24-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
King Charles pulls pint and fits tyre as he visits Staffordshire
King Charles pulled a pint and changed the tyre of a JCB vehicle during a visit to King visited the JCB headquarters in Rocester where he chatted to staff and heard about their work as the manufacturing firm celebrated its 80th later went to family-owned Tower Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent where he was pictured pouring himself a pint, wishing owner John Mills his "very good health" and taking a seemed to approve of his Gone for a Burton drink calling it interesting and super-charged. The King pulled his pint before Mr Mills asked him if he was "going to have a slurp of that".The King replied that if he was not, he was in the "wrong place", and held up his pint as he said "to your very good health".He then joked he would "pass the rest on to them" as he looked at the watching press. Among the JCB employees who met the King were members of the Williams family, including Richard Williams, who has worked at the firm for 38 Williams, general manager of the backhoe loader business unit, told BBC Radio Stoke: "It was nerve wracking to begin with but it was lovely, he put us all at ease and he was really interested in the sort of roles we do at JCB." His wife Sarah Williams, purchasing manager, said she spent much of Sunday practising her curtsy and making sure she knew how to address the King properly."He was very good at making you feel at ease and he shook my hand which I wasn't expecting," she couple's son Josh, a paint sprayer, also said he was nervous about meeting the King, adding that it was the first time he had met a member of the Royal Family."It's the first time I've ever done anything like that but I think I played it cool," he added. Among the crowd was Olympic canoeist Adam Burgess, who is sponsored by the firm, and he said the King had a look at the silver medal he won in the Paris games last summer."It was nice to see him taking the time to stop and chat to so many people. He was really friendly," he said."You could tell people were getting nervous but as he arrived to speak to people they did seem to relax." Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
King pulls himself a pint during visit to family-owned brewery
The King pulled himself a pint when he visited a brewery making a name for itself in the country's former centre of beer production. Charles visited family-owned Tower Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, where dozens of breweries shipped millions of barrels of beer across the country and the globe during the industry's 19th century heyday. After pouring a pint called Gone for a Burton, a traditional mid-strength beer brewed by Tower, brewery owner John Mills cheekily asked Charles 'going to have a slurp of that sir?' The King replied that if he was not, he was in the 'wrong place', and held up his pint as he said: 'To your very good health,' then joked 'I could pass the rest on to them', as he looked at the press. Mr Mills joined the King at the brewery's bar, pulling himself a pint of his Imperial IPA in the town from where India Pale Ale was first exported in the 1820s, but then suggested they try something stronger. Behind them was a bottle of The Spirit of Burton, a 41% proof Tower spirit distilled from IPA which, if left to mature, would be the basis of whisky. After taking a sip the King, who is known to like whisky, seemed to approve, and said 'interesting – yes it's supercharged'.
The Independent
24-02-2025
- Business
- The Independent
King pulls himself a pint during visit to family-owned brewery
The King pulled himself a pint when he visited a brewery making a name for itself in the country's former centre of beer production. Charles visited family-owned Tower Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, where dozens of breweries shipped millions of barrels of beer across the country and the globe during the industry's 19th century heyday. After pouring a pint called Gone for a Burton, a traditional mid-strength beer brewed by Tower, brewery owner John Mills cheekily asked Charles 'going to have a slurp of that sir?' The King replied that if he was not, he was in the 'wrong place', and held up his pint as he said: 'To your very good health,' then joked 'I could pass the rest on to them', as he looked at the press. Mr Mills joined the King at the brewery's bar, pulling himself a pint of his Imperial IPA in the town from where India Pale Ale was first exported in the 1820s, but then suggested they try something stronger. Behind them was a bottle of The Spirit of Burton, a 41% proof Tower spirit distilled from IPA which, if left to mature, would be the basis of whisky. After taking a sip the King, who is known to like whisky, seemed to approve, and said 'interesting – yes it's supercharged'.
