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Man faints after drinking Prince Charles’ beer
Prince Charles has questioned whether his Duchy Originals beer brand was the cause of a man fainting while the royal delivered a speech at Brewers’ Hall in London.
A library image of Prince Charles enjoying a pint of beer (Photo: Wiki)
The Prince was being made an Honorary Liveryman by the Brewers’ Company last week, during which a past master of the beer society collapsed.
The Prince of Wales’ beer brand, Duchy Original, was being served at the event.
Roddy Pryor, who headed the ancient company in 1980, fainted while he stood listening to the speech, cutting his eye and head.
His fall interrupted the Prince’s speech and led to Charles to asking the audience: “Oh dear, is that the effects of Duchy beer?”
A spokesperson for the Brewers’ Company told the Press Association that Mr Pryor’s fainting was caused by “the heat in the room”.
The Prince used his speech to express his fear about the rate of closure of Britain’s pubs, which the Campaign for Real Ale says is around 27 per week.
Charles said: “I’m so worried about a loss of rural pubs.
“The great thing was to try and ensure that we could at least keep some of these places going by finding new uses… so that’s what we’ve managed to do.”