King greets 'amazing' D-Day veteran - and tells him 'keep drinking the whisky'

The King called a 101-year-old D-Day seasoned "amazing" successful his latest nationalist quality - and told him to "keep drinking the whisky".

The monarch attended a reception astatine Lancaster Castle connected Monday, wherever helium met Richard Brock and remembered him from a sojourn to Normandy past May for the 80th day of the D-Day landings.

After asking astir the veteran's age, the King said "you are fantastic", and told him arsenic helium left: "Keep drinking the whisky."

Mr Brock, who served with the East Lancashire Regiment, said the King "just told maine I was astonishing for my age", portion his lad Tony Brock, who attended the reception with him, added: "He mentioned a nip of whisky and said to support taking it."

The King took portion successful a ceremonial of keys extracurricular the castle, a contented which dates backmost to 1851 erstwhile the keys were presented to Queen Victoria and successful which Queen Elizabeth II participated successful 2015.

Charles had arrived astatine the castle conscionable earlier 11am to a assemblage of well-wishers, and immoderate anti-monarchy protesters who could beryllium heard chanting "not my king" arsenic helium near his vehicle.

The enactment radical held a yellowish banner which said "abolish the Monarchy" arsenic good arsenic signs saying "ditch the Duchies".

Inside the grounds of the castle, which was a situation until 2011, the monarch spoke to soldiers connected guard, schoolhouse children and section concern owners who were showcasing their work.

He told Gillian Hale, from Butlers' Farmhouse Cheeses, of his emotion for cheese, peculiarly sheep's food connected a digestive biscuit.

He smelled immoderate of the cheeses the businesswoman had connected show but did not sensation any.

Kate Makin, of Northern Yarn, who gave him a cervix necktie and immoderate gloves for the Queen, said: "He was truly funny successful the regenerative farming and the section wools we use."

Another who attended was Lancashire County Council person Stephen Atkinson, who was elected past period erstwhile Reform UK took power of the authority.

Mr Atkinson said the King asked astir his concern and however helium was managing, since helium took connected the relation of section authorization leader.

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As helium near the castle, the King greeted much wellwishers waiting extracurricular including Joan Hardcastle, 103, and Barbara Graham, 93, who had travel with unit and 2 different residents from Laurel Bank Care Home.

Mrs Hardcastle held a framed photograph of Charles presenting her with her MBE for voluntary services 40 years ago. She got to shingle the King's manus arsenic helium near the castle and said afterwards helium had not changed.

She said: "I've seen him respective times since. He was good erstwhile I met him, precise chatty."

Lyndsay Scott, a attraction location manager, said: "It was Barbara's thought to come. We got present astatine 9am, we've had flasks of beverage and croissants."

It comes aft the King, who has been undergoing attraction for cancer, said during a sojourn to Canada past period that the Commonwealth state would stay "strong and free", arsenic helium became lone the 2nd monarch aft his parent Queen Elizabeth II to acceptable retired the Canadian government's legislative agenda.