The King scratched the nose of a cow on the lawns of Clarence House during a charity reception. Tuesday’s event celebrated Waitrose contributing £50 million to the King Charles III Charitable Fund (KCCF) by selling its Duchy Organic products. The King went on to explore a timeline of how the Duchy Organic brand has evolved. It included its latest packaging rebrand to save 20 tonnes of plastic each year, and Charles told staff: “I hear it’s gone down quite well”. He advised staff on the fruit and vegetable stand how to ripen pears, saying: “Do you know something I discovered recently?