King pulls himself a pint during visit to Staffordshire
The King visited a brewery and the JCB headquarters
The King pulled himself a pint when he visited a brewery making a name for itself in the country's former centre of beer production.
Charles visited family-owned Tower Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, where dozens of breweries shipped millions of barrels of beer across the country and the globe during the industry's 19th century heyday.
After pouring a pint called Gone for a Burton, a traditional mid-strength beer brewed by Tower, brewery owner John Mills cheekily asked Charles: "Going to have a slurp of that, sir?"
The King replied that if he was not, he was in the "wrong place", and held up his pint as he said: "To your very good health," then joked: "I could pass the rest on to them," as he looked at the press.
Mr Mills joined the King at the brewery's bar, pulling himself a pint of his Imperial IPA in the town from where India pale ale was first exported in the 1820s, but then suggested they try something stronger.
Earlier in the day, the King was greeted by cheering crowds and waving flags as he visited the world headquarters of JCB in Staffordshire, to mark the company's 80th birthday.
Charles met employees, apprentices and their families and toured the construction equipment company's factory in Rocester on Monday (24 February).
He was greeted by Lord and Lady Bamford before walking the assembly line of the backhoe loader, a digger invented by JCB's founder, the late Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE.
He helped fit a tyre to the machine before he was shown how to refuel JCB's recently-developed hydrogen-powered combustion engine.
The visit also marked the production of the one millionth backhoe digger, which is said to have replaced men with shovels and pickaxes.
Meeting 100-year-old Ken Harrison, one of the last known survivors of the original 1953 backhoe loader production line team, Charles joked that he was "so pleased the system works", after checking Mr Harrison had received his birthday card from him.
The King met long-serving and retired employees, and former JCB Academy students, including Rhys Bradbury, 29, from Derby, who reported on the then-Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall's visit to the centre in 2011 for the school newsletter, and is now a regional sales manager.
He said it was "fantastic" to meet the King, who stopped to shake his hand and have a chat.