King Charles received a gift from David Beckham for his coronation

For a few days after the coronation at the beginning of the month, the King Charles III and the Queen Camilla they visited the family estate of Sandringham, Norfolk, where they enjoyed the recently refurbished garden and were spotted on their way to church. Now their majesties are back to work in London, but are still celebrating their coronation and receiving some unexpected gifts. At the ceremony for the British Fashion Council Foundation, David Beckham he gave the king a jar of bee honey which he started healing during the pandemic.

The king was surprised when Beckham revealed the jar over his shoulder. Beckham said: ‘I made some honey for her. It comes from my bees in Oxfordshire.’ The King has kept bees on his Highgrove estate for decades and the honey produced by the beekeepers is available for sale.

Carlo attended the event at 180 Studios in London to deliver the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design to Foday Dumbuya, founder and creative director of the Labrum London brand. Dumbuya, who founded the brand in 2014, told a Women’s Wear Daily who intended to dedicate the award to his fellow Sierra Leoneans living in London.

The event was the highlight of some busy days for the King and Queen. For their first post-coronation engagement on Wednesday, they traveled to London’s Covent Gardens, where they met with local entrepreneurs, before traveling to St. Paul’s Church to learn about the work of the Drama For Healing Group, which supports survivors of domestic violence with theater activities.

Carlo did not attend the London ceremony celebrating the Prince’s Trust, the charity he helped found in 1976, and announcing a new list of honorees, although George And Amal Clooney they were there to celebrate. But on Wednesday he invited the young winners to Buckingham Palace for a reception also hosted by the comedians Ant McPartlin And Declan Donnelly. He also welcomed Humza Yousaf, the new first minister of Scotland, for a hearing at the palace.

On Thursday, Camilla visited Shirehampton Primary School in Bristol to announce the Coronation Libraries Project, an initiative by her patronage, the National Literacy Trust, to open fifty new school libraries in honor of this year’s celebrations. The Queen was presented with a collection of 23 books chosen by 12,000 schoolchildren across the nation in honor of her coronation.

In a statement, the principal of the school Louisa Munton praised the Queen’s commitment to literature: “To see firsthand HM Queen Camilla’s passion for reading and to share with her the difference our new library will make to the school community has been a privilege,” she said. . “The children of Shirehampton have big dreams and working alongside several well-known and renowned authors and illustrators has been an amazing opportunity, helping them understand how books can lead to future careers.”

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