King Charles III gets a popularity boost in the Repair Shop show

King Charles III has a profound passion for historic architecture - and that is not a surprise for anyone at this point. While his sharp objection to all trendy items in recent years, like his concern about a suggested expansion to London’s National Gallery as a “monstrous carbuncle” in 1984 - has permanently completed him to be cranky, his most recent appearance TV, at the BBC show called The Repair Shop, is probably a thing that will help improve his image.

The show invited the newly-appointed King of England to shoot an episode that aired on October 26 in the United Kingdom, right before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, his mother. He was back then, the Prince of Wales. If you're an American and unfamiliar with the show, know that the premise of the TV show is that host Jay Blades and a team of professional artisans help people restore their cherished family antiques. Over ten seasons, the things repaired include everything from paintings to antique furniture to Olympic medals to children’s toys and more.

The show's crew made a visit to Charles at Dumfries House, his Scottish estate, and it was there that the now-king talked about the sound of timepieces. He even admitted his love for grandfather clocks as they are reassuring and they are like a heart of a house. King Charles III asked the team to fix two special things from his clock collection, so horologist Steve Fletcher and antique furniture restorer William Kirk carried on the restoration of an 18th-century bracket clock. Ceramics specialist Kirsten Ramsay was charged with fixing a Wemyss Ware vase made for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897.

Charles and Blades talked about the importance of maintaining craftsmanship alive, and the crew from The Repair Shop actually operates with a graduate of The Prince’s Foundation’s construction craft program. This program focuses on carpentry, stonemasonry, bricklaying, blacksmithing, and other trades.

So, when each of his restored things was delivered to him, King Charles was very emotional and said that love, care, and attention can really change an object. He was happy to see the fixed clock and he was also impressed with the repair of the vase, which he said it's his favorite. What is more, it appears as if watchers of the show were also quite impressed with the King, who became more and more popular. All across social media, the feeling among people who watched the show was very positive. Twitter users were also happy to see the human, normal part of Charles, and not the royal one.