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Charles first visited the North London area with The Duchess of Cornwall on the 17th August 2011, where they met with community members and the emergency services who dealt with the rioting at a local leisure centre.
In February 2012, Charles and Camilla visited Tottenham once again. When speaking with local shopkeepers and residents, the couple learned more about how the people of the area were recovering as a community, some six months after the riots ended.
Almost a year on, in July 2012, The Prince and Duchess visited the MENCAP Community Centre, where they met with members of The Prince’s Charities working in the area to return Tottenham to its former state. Whilst they were there the Olympic Torch was paraded through Tottenham and the London Borough of Haringey, carried by a Prince’s Trust Young Entrepreneur.
Tottenham suffered severe violence and damage during the rioting of 2011. The Prince of Wales and his charities have been helping to restore the area and the community.
The work, in partnership with local stakeholders, is still on-going even two and a half years after the event. The Prince is involved in many other regeneration and restoration projects, such as the restoration of The Church of St John the Evangelist, Hertfordshire, which has undergone 12 years of work. The Judges Lodging in Powys has also been restored to its former Victorian glory, with the building now including cells and servants quarters. Both of which Charles visited just last week, as well as a 17th century Maesyronnen Chapel in Hay-on-Wye.
It is certainly not the last time we will see Prince Charles in Tottenham, as the work there is still on-going. We can also expect to see more of the 65-year old up-and-down the country as he takes on more responsibilities from his mother, Her Majesty The Queen.
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