Charles and Camilla take to the stage

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have taken to the stage to declare the oldest surviving music hall in the world open again. Charles and Camilla were at Wilton's Music Hall in east London to see the extensive renovation work that has returned this historic building to its former glory.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall helped relaunch an historic theatre today by writing on a piece of paper

(photo @Clarence House Twitter)

Wilton's Music Hall first put on shows just after Charles' great, great, great grandmother, Queen Victoria, came to the throne. In 1839 a concert hall took shape at the ale house in Graces Alley in London and in 1853 it became a music hall. By the end of the 19th century it had become a Methodist Mission but it was badly damaged in the war and fell into disrepair. The 21st century saw a campaign to renovate it and today, Victoria's descendant was on stage to sign the official document that brought Wilton's Music Hall officially back to life.

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Charles, who has shown a love of theatre in the past, didn't give us a song but he did get to see some Victorian style magic tricks and hear a few songs from pupils from Harry Gosling school. Alongside Camilla, he heard about the two stage renovation project which has taken place at Wilton's and which has helped it become a centre for entertainment and social history in the local area once again.

 

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  This visit to east London is the latest engagement for Charles and Camilla this week - their diary is really starting to fill up. Yesterday, Camilla threw the spotlight on domestic violence with a visit to the charity, Safe Lives, where she heard the experiences of women who have been affected by the issue and talked to those who offer support. 

Women affected by domestic abuse shared their stories with The Duchess during HRH’s visit to SafeLives today. pic.twitter.com/Yu6FUMuw5V

— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) January 27, 2016

The evening before, she had hosted a reception at Clarence House for the 21st anniversary of the Amber Trust which supports young people with visual impairments get into music. And Prince Charles had spent the day in Stoke-on-Trent where he carried out several engagements linked to the potteries which made the town famous and saw another old building, the Wedgewood Institute, being brought back to life.

.@sarajcox from @PotterThrowDown talks to HRH about the pottery that took shape at The Prince of Wales Studios. pic.twitter.com/mkM95BhpMr

— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) January 26, 2016

So today's visit rounds off a week of back to the future for the Prince of Wales as he and Camilla took to the stage.