Heckler booed as King asked about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's links to Jeffrey Epstein on Clitheroe visit
Clitheroe gave a right royal welcome to His Majesty King Charles III when he visited the town on Monday morning, although one heckler did shout his objections towards the monarch.
A heckler shouted a question about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the King as he greeted crowds at Clitheroe train station.
Charles was meeting well-wishers after arriving by train when a man shouted: “How long have you known about Andrew?”
Well-wishers followed the heckler’s question with a flurry of boos and shouts of ‘God save the king’.
King Charles made his first stop in the town as part of a visit to Lancashire where he was also scheduled to visit Samlesbury Hall and Butler’s Cheese Campus in Inglewhite.
He was met in Clitheroe by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, Mrs Amanda Parker, and civic dignitaries after alighting from the royal train. Crowds, who had began waiting patiently outside the train station up to two hours before, were blessed with fine and mild weather and were in good spirits.
Wearing his customary light-brown overcoat, the king first stopped to chat to local primary schoolchildren who had been waving Union flags and holding a ‘welcome to Clitheroe’ banner, while Slaidburn Brass Band provided a musical backdrop.
His Majesty then made his way around Station Road to chat to the throngs of people located behind barriers along the route, before he was driving off to his next enagagement.
No stranger to the town, His Majesty has visited Clitheroe several times over the years, most recently last June during a brief stop and more notably in 2017, when the town hosted a mini-food festival for him.