William serves up pasties on Cornwall visit

Prince William has arrived in Cornwall to celebrate St Piran's Day and meet with communities affected by Storm Goretti.

The Duke of Cornwall began his visit at award-winning family-run farm and bakery Gear Farm Pasty Company where he made pasties and served them to customers.

The prince is then expected to meet emergency teams at Helston Community Fire Station who worked to support those caught up in the storm which caused significant disruption in January.

His visit coincides with St Piran's Day, which is widely adopted as Cornwall's national day.

At Gear Farm, the prince crimped a pasty alongside employees and told them "I can take full criticism" as he admitted his savory snack looked like a "slightly ill crab".

As he folded it over, he joked: "Oh my goodness, there's a lot more going into this than I thought.

"I feel I may be taking this one home guys. Everyone loves a trier.

"I appreciate the comments but this is not my finest hour.

"This is where I need my wife, she would be all over this."

To the amusement of staff, he also took an order over the phone from Josie Trounson who was buying 10 frozen pasties and five fresh pasties.

The prince told her: "Do you want me to take an order from you? Ten frozen pasties, and we have got plenty of cooked ones, just made some fresh ones now.

"What name is that? Juicy? Josie! Sorry Josie, I thought you said Juicy.

"The pasties will be juicy – 15 pasties for Josie for 1.45pm."

Gear Farm founder David Webb said they were "very honoured" to receive the royal visit.

He said: "Everyone wants a pasty on St Piran's Day and the fact that Prince William wants a pasty as well - that's just amazing.

"We are going to make some pasties and mark him out of 10 but whether we offer him a job, we will see."

The businessman said the farm was badly hit during Storm Goretti.

"I thought it was going to be weeks before we were open - but, in no time at all the whole community came together," he said.

"People came out with chainsaws, tractors and it was fantastic to see and great to be a part of."

The Duke of Cornwall also planted three oak trees at Gear Farm which he said were known for their strength and resilience.

Due to a recently installed generator, the Webb family were able to continue baking and supporting residents who were without essential services for several days.

At the fire station, William handed over a box of 50 freshly baked pasties he had brought from Gear Farm to thank the emergency services for their work during Storm Goretti.

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