He's heading to York on the second day of his visit to Yorkshire
Hundreds of staff watched from balconies and stairwells, and as he arrived, he chatted to people who worked at stores around the region, telling them: “Thank-you for your wonderful efforts.Later, in a short speech, he told the staff: “It’s a great joy to see you all today.After discussing his tour and work he had heard about in the community, the King said: “I can only thank you for all that, wish you every possible success in the future and, eventually, a really happy Christmas ahead.
“I’ve travelled today from Brighouse and got up early this morning, and he shook my hand – that was very nice.Charles met young leaders from across Bradford, including Britain’s first female hijabi boxer, Safiyyah Syeed, and Yeasin Mohammed, a Rohingya refugee who fled Myanmar before coming to the UK in 2010, and now owns Sizzling Lounge restaurant in Bingley.
Then it was to Leeds, where the King was met by yet more roaring crowds before visiting the historic Leeds Central Library.The King also visited Rebellion to Romance, an exhibition at the library by The Jamaica Society Leeds which explores the lives of second-generation West Indians in Leeds coming of age in the 1970s and 80s.
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