Prince Charles jokes about a 'never-ending battle' to stay fit at visit to shirt factory

Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY
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Royals, they're just like us — even when it comes to staying fit!

Such is the case with Prince Charles, who joked about the struggle to keep in shape when he was gifted a shirt during a visit to the Emma Willis workshop in Gloucester, England Monday, People and UK's Hello! Magazine report.

"Very kind of you – you’ve got my measurements. I struggle to keep them the same, a never-ending battle,” he quipped, according to the outlets.

During the visit, he met with injured service members sponsored by the company's Style for Soldiers charity. The charity provides complimentary clothing and bespoke walking sticks for injured service men and women, according to an Instagram post from Clarence House on the prince's appearance.

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In Gloucester today, The Prince of Wales toured the @emmawillislondon workshop. The workshop maintains traditional methods of shirt making and hand cutting, whilst introducing local young people to the industry through employment and training. The company works with local charities in Gloucester to help support people in need through employment. In the cutting room, His Royal Highness today met two of the company’s cutters, Nareen Hussain and Ibrahim Khalil, who are both Syrian refugees. Later, in the sewing room, The Prince met @condenast Sewing Scholars. 🧵 The programme offers local young people, who are unable to go to university a five-year placement at Emma’s factory to learn key sewing skills. In 2008, Emma started @styleforsoldiers, a charity providing complimentary smart clothing and bespoke walking sticks for injured service men and women. His Royal Highness this afternoon met staff and injured service personnel sponsored by the charity, and viewed pieces of artwork that were included in the ‘Art in the Aftermath’ exhibition. 🎨 The exhibition was on display in 2018 and featured painting, poetry, film, and sculpture by injured service personnel recovering through the creative process from the trauma of war. . 📸 PA / Clarence House

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"I just wanted to come really to thank you, more than anything, for the wonderful things you do, apart from making fantastic shirts and boxer shorts and everything else," he said in an impromptu speech, the outlets report. "But everything you do for our armed forces and all those who had the horror of being wounded in one way or another, it is a wonderful thing you do."

The post also revealed he met two of the company’s cutters, Nareen Hussain and Ibrahim Khalil, who are both Syrian refugees.

This isn't the only time the royals have gotten real recently.

Prince Charles unveils a commemorative plaque to mark his visit at the Emma Willis LTD factory on Feb. 17, 2020 in Gloucester, England.
Prince Charles unveils a commemorative plaque to mark his visit at the Emma Willis LTD factory on Feb. 17, 2020 in Gloucester, England.

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It's a constant challenge, you hear it time and time again from mums," Kate said. "You're always sort of questioning your own decisions and your own judgment."

The duchess was promoting her landmark national survey of early childhood questions that aims to create conversation around early childhood and build a healthy generation of children.

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