Princess of Wales visits AW Hainsworths Leeds

Princess of Wales visits AW Hainsworth and Sons, Pudsey.

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00:00 The Princess of Wales visited a textile mill in Yorkshire today.

00:13 A.W. Hainsworth, based in Pudsey, received the royal visitor to give her a guided tour

00:18 of the business.

00:19 She saw the process of yarn to fabric at the firm, which has close association with her

00:24 family.

00:25 The company makes textiles for a range of clients from fashion houses like Gucci, woven

00:30 felt for Steinway pianos and red tunics worn by the guardsmen.

00:34 Amanda McLaren, A.W. Hainsworth's managing director, said, after her visit, her love

00:39 for textiles were clearly there.

00:41 She was commenting that she loved the smell of wool, for example.

00:43 She was fascinated by some of the traditional processes and also things like the dyehouse

00:48 where she could see the fabric that is worn by Buckingham Palace guards being dyed red.

00:53 And it really brought home to her the intricacies of the process and skills of our people.

00:57 [END]