Royal approval: King breaks ground on £58m net zero aviation lab

Stuart Stone
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Royal approval: King breaks ground on £58m net zero aviation lab

King Charles III opens new £58m Whittle Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in first public engagement since Coronation

King Charles III has broken ground at a new £58m University of Cambridge facility that is slated to become one of the world's leading innovation hubs for net zero aviation and clean energy technologies....

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