King Charles has criticised the lack of vocational education in schools during his appearance in a special edition of the BBC television show The Repair Shop.
In the one-off episode, to be broadcast by the BBC on Wednesday, he praises the value of technical skills and apprenticeships, and describes the lack of vocational education as a “great tragedy”.
His comments were made during filming at Dumfries House in Scotland before the Queen’s death, when he was still Prince of Wales, but as king they could raise eyebrows for straying into education policy and political comment.
In The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit, the then prince seeks help from the presenter, Jay Blades, and his team to mend an 18th-century bracket clock and a piece of Wemyss Ware pottery made for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee.
