Cash mentioned the Duke determined the font ought to as a substitute be moved to Gordonstoun after Charles enrolled there in 1962.
“I think Philip thought, ‘what a waste to have it just sitting in a storage unit’,” Cash mentioned.
He added that he had no concept how the font had been transported greater than 500 miles to the school.
“This is a strange story that to this day most people don’t know about,” he mentioned, including that guests “find it almost impossible to believe that this font has moved so many hundreds of miles for the King’s aesthetic benefit”.
He added: “It always feels like something out of an Arthurian legend, like this was a font that was fit for a king.”
Although St Michael’s doesn’t maintain common companies, the font is often used for baptisms. Cash mentioned members of his circle of relatives had been baptised utilizing it.
The church is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust, of which Charles is a patron.
Steve Tarling, group officer on the belief, mentioned native individuals had seen it as “an honour” that their font had accompanied the King to school and have been grateful it had returned.
