King Charles visiting garden allotment on final day of NI trip
PA MediaKing Charles III has arrived in Newtownards, County Down for engagements on the final day of the royal visit to Northern Ireland.
The King is visiting Ards Allotments, which was founded by Maurice Patton after watching him visit an allotment on the news more than 20 years ago.
He is also meeting the community of volunteers, gardeners and growers who use the allotment space to grow fresh produce as well as forging social connections.
Both the King and Queen Camilla were in County Down on Wednesday. The Queen met local businesses in Hillsborough, while the King travelled to the seaside town of Newcastle.
PA MediaThis is his 43rd visit to Northern Ireland, first as Prince of Wales and now as King.
On Monday, it was announced that he is due to make his first visit to the Republic of Ireland since becoming King.
No date has been confirmed but it is expected to take place next year.
The invitation came from Irish President Catherine Connolly, who has been on an official visit to England.
The King's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, paid a state visit to Ireland in 2011, the first by a British monarch since Irish independence.
The first visit by the King to Northern Ireland was back in 1961 with his mother, his father the Duke of Edinburgh and his sister Princess Anne.
