King Charles meets Luton residents and community leaders
The King removed his shoes and put on a Ramaal headscarf in the temple.
He unveiled a plaque which included the date, with the monarch joking it was a good job he "turned up on the right day". Kuldeep Singh Basra, a trustee of the Gurdwara, said it was "a good achievement for the Sikh community in Luton to host the royal visit".Image source,The DART - seen here crossing a bridge over a dual carriageway - is driverless and replaces shuttle busesThe King was also one of the first people in the country to ride Luton's new DART transport system.
It is a cable-drawn, driverless railway running on a 1.4-mile line connecting Luton Airport Parkway station to the airport terminal in just over three minutes.The 24-hour link will replace shuttle buses that pick up passengers every 10 minutes once it opens next year. Pupils from Cardinal Newman Catholic School sung to him in the terminal, but they were not told of the King's visit until the school made a surprise announcement during their rehearsals.Find BBC News: East of England on
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