King Charles is no stranger to Worcestershire – with his first official visit to the city in 1981.

Then under his title as Prince Charles, he unveiled the Elgar statue before attending a concert of the composer’s music at Worcester Cathedral and later touring Worcester College for the Blind.

In 1979 Charles also dropped in on the Malvern Festival and saw a model of the Elgar statue he would unveil in Worcester two years later. He became patron of the Elgar Foundation in 1975.

Famed for his support of organic farming, he visited a leading example of organic production at Hill Top Farm, Broadway, in 1989.

He dropped in on his tenants at Johnson’s Dairy at Cradley, near Malvern, which is part of his estate the Duchy of Cornwall, in 1992, before donning protective ear-muffs during a firearms demonstration at West Mercia police’s training school at its Hindlip headquarters in 1995.

Charles and Camilla enjoyed a visit to Worcester and Upton-upon-Severn – which Charles toured in 2007 - in June 2008. Charles settled a 350-year-old debt with Worcester's Clothiers Company run up by King Charles II.

The Prince's Trust in Worcestershire has also provided a vital kickstart for young people and adults in Worcestershire seeking "a last chance" break.

The trust was formed by the Prince in 1976 to give disadvantaged young people get into work, education or training.

Speaking to the Malvern Gazette in 2008, Alex Lamb, who oversaw youth and business projects in Worcestershire and Herefordshire, said: “The Prince saw there was a gap and said is there something my charity can do to help, and that’s how it started.”

In 2017, King Charles visited Worcester to enjoy a major Three Choirs Festival concert at the cathedral.

Afterwards, he complimented organisers on the "excellence of the performance" on the Tuesday evening of July 25.