King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla have been awarded Blue Peter's highest honour in a Gold Badge it has been announced today (Wednesday, April 26).

Only a handful of them are presented each year by the children's TV show and the pair received them when visiting the host venue for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.

King Charles received his badge for his environmental work and advocating for young people through the Prince’s Trust and The Queen Consort for her work highlighting the importance of literacy and reading from a young age.

Their Majesties were also introduced to some young Blue Peter fans who have carried out a variety of incredible work to earn their badges.

Charles follows Queen Elizabeth's footsteps in earning badge

As reported by BBC Press, Charles and Camilla received their Gold badges 21 years after Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was awarded one during her Golden Jubilee year in 2002

Previous awardees include Sir David Attenborough, Sir Mo Farah, Greta Thunberg, Steven Spielberg, Mary Berry, Marcus Rashford and The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Speaking about the award, the Editor of Blue Peter, Ellen Evans, said: “It was a real honour to introduce Their Majesties to our Blue Peter fans ahead of the forthcoming Coronation celebrations and for them to hear how they earned their badges.

"Blue Peter receives over a thousand letters, pictures, competition entries and comments every week so it was also lovely to show them some of the amazing artwork sent in by our viewers.”

The King has made notable contributions to Blue Peter, including in 2018 when he met competition winners who had designed dragon statues for the great pagoda at Kew Gardens, and in 1982 when he was interviewed by Blue Peter about The Mary Rose, showing the audience artefacts from the ship and speaking about its preservation.

Viewers can see them being presented with their badges in next week’s Blue Peter Coronation Celebration special (Friday, May 5) at 5 pm on CBBC and BBC iPlayer.