Jay Blades has revealed that King Charles invited him to a “sleepover” after his performance at The Repair Shop.
The TV presenter, 52, appeared on Monday’s episode of the daytime show alongside presenters Brenda Edwards, Linda Robson, Jane Moore and Denise Welch.
On the ITV show, Jay explained: ‘I had no opinion of him but went to meet him and we just clicked and we talked about craft.
“The funny thing is I was going to go there because I am an ambassador for his charity and he had invited me three times to go there, look around, spend the night and have a sleepover at the house of the then prince . .
“I went there on the fourth try after turning it down three times and I told the lady I said I better go or I will be deported.”
Pals: Jay Blades has revealed that King Charles invited him to a ‘sleepover’ after his performance at The Repair Shop
Jay explained, “I had no opinion of him but went to meet him and we just hit it off and we talked about craft”
Jay previously received an MBE from the King Charles, when he was the Prince of Wales, for services to craft and in recognition of his work promoting heritage craft and restoration in the UK.
Jay previously said that the British public has “never seen King Charles like this” during his performance at The Repair Shop.
Presenter Jay and the team visited Dumfries House in Scotland for a one-off episode to mark the BBC’s centenary, filmed when Charles was still the Prince of Wales.
In The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit, which aired Wednesday at 8pm on BBC One, Charles needed help with an 18th-century bracket clock and a piece made for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee by British ceramics maker Wemyss Ware.
He said the damaged 19th-century ceramic piece fell over when someone opened a window — “they didn’t allow it,” he joked.
Speaking to The Mirror, Jay described the king as ‘a real joy’ to meet and said it was a ‘wow moment’ to have him on the show.
He said, “People often say you should never judge a book by its cover, so you don’t listen to what people say until you’ve met the real person.
‘It was a real pleasure and an honor to work with him, just wait until you see it, you will be amazed. You never see him like that.’
Jay previously spoke of the importance of Charles appearing on the show and speaking to someone “from a council estate.”
He said: ‘You have someone from a council estate and someone from a royal estate who have similar interests in terms of apprenticeships and heritage crafts, and it’s incredible to see two people from so far apart, from different ends of the spectrum, actually have the same interests.’
In the episode, Charles met students from the Prince’s Foundation Building Craft Program – a training initiative that teaches traditional skills such as blacksmithing, stone carving and woodcarving.
The monarch said: ‘I still think the great tragedy is the lack of vocational education in schools, in fact not everyone is made for the academic.
‘I know about The Prince’s Trust, I’ve seen the difference we can make for people with the technical skills we always need, I have the greatest admiration for people.
Proud: Jay previously received an MBE from the King Charles, when he was the Prince of Wales, for services to craft and in recognition of his work promoting heritage craft and restoration in the UK
Appearance: Jay previously said that the British public has “never seen King Charles like this” during his performance at The Repair Shop
“I think that’s been the biggest problem, sometimes that’s forgotten. Internships are vital, but for some reason they just gave up on the internship. It gives people intense satisfaction and reward.’
Charles said what he “really likes” is students returning as tutors year after year — “filling the school gaps,” he said.
Before the results are revealed, Charles asked the crew, “Did you solve this?” The tension is killing me.’
The monarch also loaned Prince’s Foundation graduate Jeremy Cash to The Repair Shop to work with metalworking expert Dominic Chinea on a third item described as a fire in the shape of a soldier with a poignant story behind its existence. of it.