King's Foundation

Uh-huh

... friends, people who have attended his King's Foundation courses, various governments, people from various governments.

I mean, the guy gets a lot of gifts, and I would actually say-

Yeah

Might-

Because if you don't, then don't give it.

If these horses are worth £70,000 each, how about make a donation to the King's Foundation so that British people-

Yes

He's spent decades developing Highgrove around organic gardening, sustainability and biodiversity long before becoming king.

Highgrove has a flock of rescue hens and Scott Simpson, retail director for the King's Foundation, describes them as an established part of life on the estate.

They're central to Highgrove life and it's always lovely to see them happily roaming around, pecking away.

They're the most marvellous animals.

The King is set to host an exclusive gathering of artificial intelligence AI bosses at a summit in Scotland later this month.

Politico reports that around 30 leading figures from the AI industry will attend the event in Dumfries House in Ayrshire, the headquarters of the monarch's charity, the King's Foundation.

According to the outlet, among those to take part in the summit include NVIDIA chief executive Jensen Wan and Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis.

Paolo Benanti, an advisor to the Vatican on AI, is also reported to be attending.

And in the article's own words, it is, and I quote, designed to ensure transparency in cases where there may be a conflict of interest.

And the other set of accounts were the King's Foundation accounts, which have the equivalent section, but most importantly, nothing in it.

The next part of the construct of Gabriel's article was a known fact from 2024, which was that when William, Prince William, took over the Duchy of Cornwall, which he got as part of the deal of being the Prince of Wales, he ended Annabelle Elliot's retainer, that retainer that had gone on for many, many years in the past.

And at the time, a source close to him said it was not a reflection on her work.

Any reader can draw their own conclusion without actually being led to it.

And then, the last line of the piece, the palace did not respond to the requests for comment.

So, you've got two institutions, the King's Foundation...

And the palace, one talking and one silent.

It has nothing to do with your ability to interior design on the duchy.

What was she doing as an advisor to the duchy? So apparently for the King's Foundation, which pays her, it is for branding and retail consultancy.

She is an interior

designer and antiques dealer.

was she

double dipping is my question.

Did she work for the Duchy and the King's Foundation? I have no idea.

I

New analysis suggests that the exceptionally hot and dry summer could see the grain harvest shrink by 2.5 million tons this year, which will cost farmers as much as 390 million pounds.

Last year, it was announced that Ms. Hurst would be the first recipient of a 10,000-pound bursary awarded by Ascot Racecourse to a Chanel and King's Foundation fellowship.

She graduated from the 35-week course, which is based at the King's Highgrove Gardens in Gloucestershire, having trained across a range of materials, including felt, cinnamay and straw.

She gained hands-on experience using historic guinea straw machines, which have been a core part of the straw hat industry since the late 1800s.

End of story.

Okay, Allie, what are your initial reactions?

I mean, I just love that for anybody who is a royal enthusiast, if you want a straight path to meet the king, just take one of his correspondence courses through the King's Foundation and you're virtually guaranteed to meet him at least once.

And who knows, possibly get a very valuable gift from him.

And unlike As Ever, we do have some financial information about the Highgrove business.

The company that operates the shop reported turnover of 5.7 million pounds in 2025, with a profit of 591,000 pounds going to the King's Foundation.

That includes more than just online sales.

Newsweek also compared As Ever with royal family's official website.

Wow.

So this was the project which was, uh, conceived by the king, who thought that it would be a great idea to combine working on craft training, cultural heritage, building restoration, employment, so the sort of things that he does with, did with the Prince's Trust or the King's Foundation in Afghanistan.

But Shishana's grown it now to operate in places like Syria, places like Myanmar, and it is extraordinary because it's basic healthcare, it's primary education, it's water supply and sanitation, but it's also these really beautiful traditional crafts.

Why is it that you think culture and crafts matter in conflict?