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King Charles was left perplexed this afternoon as he struggled to place one of his own childhood photos during a walkabout in Yorkshire.
The King, 74, chugged into Pickering after a trip through the countryside on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
After pulling into the market town, the monarch took the time to speak with royal fans who had lined the streets to greet him.
Among the crowds was a man who held a framed black-and-white portrait of King Charles with his late mother and Princess Anne when he was child.
The image was taken in September 1952 on one of the family’s holidays to Balmoral in Scotland.
The heartwarming image shows the Queen – who was 25 at the time – sitting in between her two eldest children on a bench on the sprawling estate.
Holding her daughter close, the Queen is pictured extending her other arm behind three-year-old Charles – who stares directly at the camera.
While the Queen looked smart in a pleated skirt and blazer, Charles and Anne appeared to be in matching knitted jumpers and black trousers.
Meanwhile, one of the Queen’s corgis was pictured standing happily behind the family on a rockery.
As the royal fan held the framed portrait over the barrier, it immediately caught the King’ attention.
After spotting his late mother in the image, Charles exclaimed: ‘Oh look!’
But after studying it closer, he joked to the royal fan: ‘I don’t seem to remember that.’
Luckily, the man was on hand to remind the monarch of where and when the image had been taken.
The King, 74, was in Yorkshire today when a royal fan eagerly presented him with a framed picture of him in his younger days
The man who showed Charles the picture stood in the front row in a chequered shirt, holding the large picture
The late Queen – who was 25 at the time – beamed as she wrapped her hands around Princess Anne’s leg, as Charles sat next to his mother and a Corgi
The King happily worked his way through the centre of Pickering, as people waved flags, cheered and waited their turn to shake hands with the newly-crowned monarch.
He looked relaxed as he chatted with many of the hundreds of people who had gathered on both sides of Pickering’s sweltering Market Place.
As he worked his way up the hill, he visited some of the local shops, including a family butchers, which sells produce from the Duchy of Lancaster.
Inside Birdgate Chocolatiers, he asked for some Kendal Mint Cake, which he said he remembered from going on expeditions when he was young.
The royal also took the opportunity to ask groups of schoolchildren whether they had enjoyed their half-term break, as the UK is facing scorching hot temperatures.
The monarch spent around 20 minutes in the sunshine meeting school children and other royal fans
After viewing the footplate of the Flying Scotsman, Charles met staff and volunteers who have helped the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Flying Scotsman reach its significant milestone
Today, the King took the opportunity to climb on board the footplate of Flying Scotsman as the Royal Train was pulled into a station by the famous steam locomotive.
Despite wearing a light-coloured suit, the royal visitor accepted an invitation from the crew, including driver Chris Cubitt, to step on to the footplate of the 100-year-old engine to see how Flying Scotsman works.
Temperatures soared in the baking sunshine and one woman in the crowd appeared to faint just after Charles passed her, falling through the barrier just a couple of metres from where he was talking to the crowd.
The King turned and looked concerned for a moment as one his protection officers and his equerry moved to help her before a number of North Yorkshire Police officers stepped in.
Flying Scotsman’s driver, Mr Cubitt, said of Charles: ‘He said he enjoyed the trip.
‘He’s a regular because he has been here before when he opened the station in 2000.
‘He’s on his way to Scarborough now through my village. ‘I invited him in for tea, but he said he couldn’t come.’
It comes as heartwarming photos of the late Queen cradling King Charles at his Buckingham Palace Christening went up for auction last week.
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