Colleague David Croft, from Campbeltown, Scotland, said: “The King said ‘I think my skiing days are behind me’.”.
Charles, once a frequent visitor the Swiss Alps at this time of year for family ski trips, was speaking to Avzi Jusufi during a visit to the SeAH Wind plant on Teesside which manufactures 120m long turbine bases.
The King revealed his skiing days were behind him when he chatted to a Swiss engineer during a visit to a wind turbine factory.
The King met apprentices from Middlesbrough and Hartlepool colleges, as well as 52-year-old Mohammed Saleem Butt, a former shop keeper and taxi driver who has retrained as a welder.
He said: “The King asked me really nice questions and he put me at ease.
