King Charles shares a laugh with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy PM Angela Rayner on rare joint visit to show off his housing project in Cornwall
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King Charles shares a laugh with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy PM Angela Rayner on rare joint visit to show off his housing project in Cornwall

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The King proudly showed off his passion housing project to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner, today. ‘Are you giving this a good mix?’ The King proudly showed off his passion housing project to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner, today The trio travelled down to Cornwall for an unprecedented public engagement together Charles offered the politicians a personal guided tour of Nansledan, a major 540-acre extension to the seaside town of Newquay he set in motion in 2014 when he was Prince of Wales Royal aides said they could not find any record of an engagement involving the sovereign and a prime minister - let alone a deputy too - outside of an official or state occasion. Pictured, the King, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister The Duchy of Cornwall development will see up to 3,700 homes built in a new environmentally-friendly community with its own primary school, parkland, shops and businesses Sir Keir and his deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, who is also secretary for state for housing, communities and development, are said to be keen to see how a mixed use development works in line with their own much-debated pledge to build 1.5 million new homes in the UK within the next five years When one of the children told him the mixtures kept getting stuck in his whisk, he said; ‘Oh that’s really annoying isn’t it? The King and Rayner chatted away like old friends The King, Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister were greeted by 90 flag-waving pupils, with one youngster asking the King: ‘Do you live in a palace?’ It is understood that The King has discussed housing with the prime minister during several of their meetings over the past few months. Look after yourself, please.’ Rayner was wearing a green coat and distinctive animal print ‘brothel creeper’ shoes - not the normal choice of footwear for a royal engagement King Charles, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner view 'Phase 8A', the next building phase of Nansledan, as they walk to the Kew An Lergh development, a home to a diverse range of businesses The King meets a refugee family from Afghanistan at the Nansledan Community Centre at the Kew An Lergh development Another lady gave him a sweet picture from her daughter, Ivy-Grace, of himself saying: ‘You're the only best king in the world.’ Many of the locals chatted enthusiastically about living in Nansledan and what the King had built.

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