Charles opens health and wellbeing centre at his Palladian country house

THE PRINCE of Wales has opened a new health and well-being centre at Dumfries House.

Prince Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, marked the success of The Prince’s Foundation’s integrated health and wellbeing programme. It was founded in May 2016 and runs in partnership with local GPs.

The new centre in Cumnock, Ayrshire, will give more people the chance to improve their fertility, menopausal health and chronic pain management as well as combatting diabetes and obesity.

Since Charles purchased Dumfries House in 2007, it has offered training in hospitality, sustainable building and woodland management for young people not in employment or education.

Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland.

The property is noted for being one of the few such houses with much of its original 18th century furniture still present, including commissioned Thomas Chippendale pieces.

Due to its significance and the risk of the furniture collection being distributed and auctioned, the estate and its entire contents was purchased for £45m for the country by a consortium headed by Charles, including a £20m loan from the Prince’s charitable trust.

The intention was to renovate the estate to become selfsufficient, both to preserve it and also to regenerate the local economy.