QUICK FACT
King Charles (then Prince Charles) celebrated his 70th birthday in 2018 by meeting children’s favourites Sooty and Sweep at a gala at the London Palladium.
He shook Sooty’s paw at the end of the night and also tried to peer into the box below the two puppets and asked Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter is there was anyone inside.
The actor replied: “Nobody, it’s Sooty and Sweep. Can’t give away the secrets, you know.”