Image: PA Image: PA PRINCE CHARLES AND his wife Camilla enjoyed a musical performance and also visited a centre helping injured hedgehogs on a visit to County Tyrone today.
Chairwoman and founder May McAvoy said they were delighted with the royal visit in recognition of their work and the volunteers who make it possible.“The duchess helped to make an apple tart in the kitchen, and the prince helped with the gardening, and potting of plants,” she told the PA news agency.“We have a theatre group which meets on a Wednesday night in our local arts and cultural centre, and every June we put on a show and it’s a show which packs the place out like nothing else.
Later the couple parted ways, with Charles touring seventeenth century Lissan House, where he met people involved in traditional crafts, artists and conservationists.Andrea Cowan, who runs Loughgall Hedgehog Rescue, said Charles was very interested in what had happened to Jill and Felix and how they were being cared for.
“He was very interested in what had happened to her, how it had happened and how she could be cared for. He met representatives and partners of The Prince’s Countryside Fund in Northern Ireland and the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster before cutting a cake and unveiling a plaque to mark the anniversary.