Charles III is the new King of England but many in Northampton will have happy memories of four visits he made to the town in recent years as Prince of Wales.
His Royal Highness travelled to the town to see Tricker’s and Crockett & Jones shoe factories in 2019 and 2013, Mereway Community College and Upton Fields Primary schools in 2007 and 2006 — and shared a cuppa with Debbie Harding on the sofa in her new home in Upton.
We’ve dipped into the Chronicle & Echo archives to dig out a few photos from the Royal occasions.
21. Remember when the future King visited Northampton?
Prince Charles took time to greet locals outside Crockett and Jones shoe factory in Perry Street, Northampton. Photo: Sharon Lucey
22. Remember when the future King visited Northampton?
Charles signs a visitors' book on his most recent visit to Northampton, to the Tricker's shoe factory on January 28, 2019 Photo: Kirsty Edmonds
23. Remember when the future King visited Northampton?
Prince Charles speaks to Carol Griffiths as he visits Tricker’s on the occasion of its 190th year on January 28, 2019 Photo: WPA Pool
24. January 28, 2019
His Royal Highness toured the factory and met apprentices and factory workers in Northampton Photo: WPA Pool