Prince Charles offers pints all round in flood-stricken village pub

The Prince of Wales promised to pop back to a pub for a pint once renovation work is completed after devastating floods.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the The New Inn as part of a visit to Stamford Bridge on Thursday where they saw the damage caused by devastating floods last Christmas.

The royal couple were greeted by landlady Helen Ambler who showed them around the pub that was flooded with 3ft of water on Boxing Day.

Charles chatted to workers about their efforts to return the pub to normal taking a particular interest in the bar which has already been restored by a local craftsman.

Mrs Ambler said: "It's nice to be recognised that we've had a problem.

"A lot of the emphasis has been on York but we did have it quite bad and it was very good to meet them."

She said Charles left saying it was a shame he had come to the pub and not had chance for a drink.

Charles and Camilla stopped at Stamford Bridge ahead of a visit to Harrogate and were welcomed by hundreds of well-wishers who gathered in The Square.

One man joked afterwards that he thought they were the first royal visitors to Stamford Bridge since 1066 when King Harold famously marched to the village to defeat the Norwegian army before his ill-fated march south to face William of Normandy.

The visit to the East Riding village was on the second day of a visit in the north of England for Charles and Camilla.

On Wednesday, Prince Charles paid tribute to the "extraordinary reserves of resilience" and "wonderful sense of humour" of the people of Redcar on a visit to the crisis-hit town.