The Repair Shop fans applaud King Charles for ‘vital’ job message

In a special episode of BBC staple The Repair Shop, host Jay Blades met King Charles III, who at the time of filming was The Prince of Wales, to discuss heritage crafts. At the start of the episode, the new king expressed his views on schools and the lack of vocational teachings. Many fans of the show praised his opinions, lauding the “amazing” difference the work from messages like his can make.As Jay and the royal chatted about The Prince’s Foundation Craft Programme, which sees students from all walks of life given opportunities to practice craft skills, the King explained what he believes is a “great tragedy”.”The whole point [of this] being that they come in and they learn how the whole construction process is integrated,” he stated.He continued: “So if you’re a bricklayer, you must understand a bit more about the woodwork and the stone masonry and the plaster and all that sort of stuff.””So this is all about taking it to the next level and making it sustainable,” Jay pointed out.READ MORE: BBC viewers call for Laura Kuenssberg and Fiona Bruce to be removed The Repair Shop: Jay talked to King Charles about vocational skills (Image: BBC) The Repair Shop: King Charles talked about the importance of apprenticeships (Image: BBC) The Repair Shop: King Charles visited the famous barn (Image: BBC) The Repair Shop: Jay chatted to the monarch about vocational skills (Image: BBC)”Not me,” Jay responded as the royal explained: “But you see, I know through The Prince’s Trust.”I’ve seen the difference we can make to people who have technical skills, which we need all the time.”And I have the greatest admiration for people. I mean that’s the problem, I think, is sometimes that’s forgotten.””I think it has been forgotten for a long time,” Jay added.DON’T MISS…Ellie Simmonds calls for change to Strictly’s Sunday format [VIDEO]First look at terrifying I’m A Celeb challenges as plank task set up [FIRST LOOK]Death in Paradise’s famous new face talks ‘beautiful memories’ on set [LATEST]Continuing, the King added: “Apprenticeships are vital but people, they just abandoned apprenticeships for some reason.”Viewers tuned into the special episode largely agreed with the King, posting messages of gratitude towards him for bringing the subject to the public’s attention.Twitter user @crumbscorkscrew wrote: “What an absolutely fantastic episode @TheRepairShop. Amazing work as always but with such an important #apprenticeship message this evening.”@andydav47 added: “#TheRepairShop well said HRH, apprenticeships and vocational education is vital and the difference it makes is amazing #LoveOurColleges.”