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Prince Charles eggs on school entrepreneurs

The Prince of Wales has praised pupils who set up their own business selling eggs. Prince Charles wrote to the head girl of a school in Llandudno after being impressed at the way she and her classmates had made money from the hens they keep.

Eleven year old Maisie Millican, who attends Ysgol San Sior, wrote to the prince to let him know how many eggs the school had sold in 2018. Charles visited classes there last summer and he wrote back to Maisie, praising the school’s efforts and thanking her for keeping him up to date with pupils’ achievements.

Ysgol San Sior, which is attended by around 245 children, keeps 150 chickens and sells their eggs to shops and restaurants. It’s the only school in the UK which is registered to sell eggs to retailers. Last year, over 77,000 of its eggs were bought. It’s part of a wide ranging programme of activities at the school aimed at encouraging pupils to take an interest in the environment.

During his visit to the school, the Prince of Wales was shown how pupils keep and look after their chickens. He also got the chance to see some of the other green initiatives that take place there, touring their ten beehives and visiting the collection of exotic animals, including chameleons and lizards, that the school maintains. The children also showed them how activities, including pond dipping, are merged into the curriculum and the prince presented the school with the World Wildlife Fund’s Green Team for Wales Award.

The school had been in touch with the prince before his visit. Pupils wrote to Charles last year, too, to tell him about their work while their headmaster, Ian Jones, visited Clarence House when his college was nominated as a Green Ambassador School of the Year.

Maisie also sent the prince a jar of honey produced by the school bees which Charles had seen in action during his time in Llandudno last year. He seemed to be impressed by their work, expressing his thanks for the gift in the letter which has just arrived.

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Lydia Starbuck is Jubilee and Associate Editor at Royal Central and the main producer and presenter of the Royal Central Podcast and Royal Central Extra. Lydia is also a pen name of June Woolerton who is a journalist and writer with over twenty years experience in TV, radio, print and online. Her latest book, A History of British Royal Jubilees, is out now. Her new book, The Mysterious Death of Katherine Parr, will be published in March 2024. June is an award winning reporter, producer and editor. She's appeared on outlets including BBC 5 Live, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Local Radio and has also helped set up a commercial radio station. June is also an accomplished writer with a wide range of material published online and in print. She is the author of two novels, published as e-books. She is also a marriage registrar and ceremony celebrant.