The prince's duties are a piece of cake! Charles and Camilla celebrate 500 years of the Royal Mail with an edible tribute at a reception in the capital
- Charles and Camilla attended the reception at Merchant Taylor's Hall
- They cut a cake made in tribute of the occasion and unveiled a postbox
- Earlier today Charles helped sow wild flower seeds in Green Park
After a busy day of engagements Prince Charles seemed eager to tuck into a piece of cake at the reception celebrating 500 years of Royal Mail on Tuesday.
The Prince of Wales, 67, beamed as he wielded an impressive cake knife intended to cut a red and gold gateau made in tribute of the postal service celebrations.
He was joined by his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 69, who joined him on cutting the cake at the anniversary held at Merchant Taylor's Hall in London.
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The cake was decorated with a regal red crown reminiscent of the logo and with icing post boxes surrounding the hexagonal sponge.
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The event today commemorates 500 years since Henry VIII knighted Brian Tuke, the first Master of the Posts, in 1516.
The royal couple looked elegant for the occasion dressed in navy with Camilla's cobalt silk dress complimenting her husband's blue pin striped suit.
While at the event the Prince of Wales hopped on board a 1933 BSA 500cc motorbike used for delivering telegrams, much to the delight of onlookers who wasted no time snapping a picture.
The couple later unveiled a green Penfold postbox, named after its original designer J W Penfold, to commemorate the occasion.
The pair then met with long serving postal workers who stood in front of a display of the Queen's 90th birthday commemorative stamps, in which Prince Charles features.
It's been a busy day for the Prince of Wales following a busy morning sowing seeds in London's Green Park.
The Prince joined a host of school children to scatter yellow rattle flower seeds for a wildflower meadow named in honour of the Queen.
As he strolled through the park close to his home, Clarence House, Charles was spotted by a pair of surprised joggers, who did a double take when they recognised the well-known royal.
He began the Coronation Meadows campaign in 2013 as a tribute to his mother to mark 60 years since she was crowned.
The project has created a new meadow in every county in the UK and the Queen's Meadow in Green Park is the 90th Coronation Meadow - and also marks the monarch's 90th birthday this year.
Over 97 per cent of the country's wildflower meadows have been lost since the Second World War - amounting to nearly 7.5 million acres.
Charles, who is patron of the three charities running the project - The Rare Breeds Survival Trust, The Wildlife Trusts and Plantlife - joined local school pupils to sow the seeds, and met shire horses being used to harrow the ground.
Rachel de Thame, Plantlife's vice president, called for the public to continue creating new meadows.
'The 90th meadow in London is just the beginning.
'We want to see the meadows revival reach every community and really start to restore the colour and diversity to our countryside,' she said.
'And it's not just about the flowers - wonderful meadow plants like ragged-Robin, lady's mantle, burnet saxifrage and eyebright - but the wildlife they sustain.
'From bees collecting nectar from buttercups to goldfinches feasting on knapweed seeds and common blue butterfly caterpillars eating bird's-foot-trefoil leaves, if we all do our bit to bring wild flowers back - as I've started to do in my own meadow at home - we have a chance to help nature re-build its fragile balance and regain its full glory.'
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