Royal-tea and cake for King's birthday

Highgrove guests also turning 75

- RUSSELL MYERS

KING Charles offered guests doggy bags of cake as he was serenaded by a choir to celebrate his 75th birthday.

Guests at the monarch's Highgrove home included community stalwarts who are also turning 75 this year, as well as representatives from groups marking the same milestone, from the NHS to the Windrush generation.

Handed a large knife, Charles cut the cake at the party as a choir and around 60 guests sang to congratulate him.

 

Charles, who clocks up three quarters of a century today, joked with the crowd as he peered inside the Victoria sponge cake after cutting it open. "It's always fun to have a look," he said, before urging guests to eat the cake up.