Overview

• It was his first official visit to Lancaster as monarch, where he participated in the Ceremony of the Keys at Lancaster Castle, a tradition dating to 1851.
• He greeted 101-year-old D-Day veteran Richard Brock, praised his service as “amazing” and quipped that he should keep drinking whisky.
• At the castle, the King met local business owners and charity representatives, sampling regional cheese and exploring regenerative wool from Northern Yarn.
• Thousands of well-wishers lined the streets waving Union flags, while anti-monarchy protesters chanted slogans such as “Not my king” and displayed “Abolish the Monarchy” banners.
• Later, he visited the newly opened Whitewell Coronation Woodland Garden in the Forest of Bowland, where he joined volunteers to place the final stones in a dry stone wall.