• Jim McElroy recalls his 2011 encounter at Buckingham Palace with the new King.
• “He said to me, ‘Look, Jim, Banbridge would fall apart without you,'” he says of Prince Charles.
• The former DUP member served as a councillor for more than 20 years in Banbridge.

An old friend of King Charles III recently expressed his aspirations for the reigning monarch who succeeded Queen Elizabeth.

Banbridge would “break apart” without the Prince of Wales, a former DUP member recalls joking with him.

Jim McElroy clarified his 2011 encounter at Buckingham Palace with the new King.

As he stated, “He said to me, ‘Look, Jim, Banbridge would fall apart without you. He was very down-to-earth and I remember the day well.”

“My wife Evelyn was with me along with my daughter Gillian and daughter-in-law Stephanie,” said the councillor who served the council for more than 20 years.”

“I think he will be a good King because we had his mother for so long as Queen and she was excellent. She served the country for 70 years and could have been no better,” he shared.

“I was so very sad to hear of her death. I am 85 now and grew up with her,” he added.

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