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26
May
King Charles visits Knaresborough
Crowds gathered in Knaresborough this afternoon (May 26) ahead of a visit by King Charles III.
The king attended several engagements in York this morning.
Rumours began to circulate that he was heading to Knaresborough and Harrogate this afternoon.
There was a heavy police presence around Knaresborough Castle and at Harrogate Ladies’ College, which is expecting a VIP visitor.
About 200 people had converged on the castle shortly after 1.30pm as excitement mounted.
The king finally arrived at about 2.15pm.
Crowds are waiting at the castle.
The castle is owned by the king as part of his Duchy of Lancaster estate. It was a royalist stronghold during the civil war but fell to Oliver Cromwell’s parliamentarian forces in 1644. It was largely destroyed four years later.
Harrogate Ladies College is being renamed Duchy College in September, when boys will also be admitted.
The school buildings are leased from the King's Duchy of Lancaster.
Recent royal visits
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at the Great Yorkshire Show.
King Charles last visited Harrogate when he was still the Prince of Wales on July 15, 2021. He and Queen Camilla, then the Duchess of Cornwal attended the Great Yorkshire Show.
He is never believed to have been to Knaresborough.
The Princess Royal visited the Police Treatment Centres, Claro Enterprises and Woods Fine Linens in Harrogate on the last major royal visit in 2023.
Princess Anne at the Police Treatment Centre in 2023
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