King Charles and Queen Camilla rushed to safety during a security alert

Due to a security alert, King Charles and Queen Camilla were hastily escorted away from an event during a visit to Jersey on Monday.

Camilla was eating an ice cream when a member of the royal corps whispered something to her. The king was then approached by his security officer and asked to leave immediately.

Both Charles and Camilla and Charles were then dragged away and taken to the nearby Hotel Pomme d'Or.

Matt Taylor, founder of Jersey Sea Salt, told the Daily Mirror He spoke to the king before his security personnel approached him.

He said: “He stopped at the stand and said, 'Ooh, sea salt.' And I said, 'Come and have a chat, sir.' Then his security staff appeared, grabbed me and said, 'He has to go now.'

“He didn't seem to panic, but he was quite stern. They just escorted him out. It's a shame because he had stopped on his own to chat with us.”

It is believed that a member of the visiting team raised concerns and after investigation it was found to be a false alarm. A full background check was conducted and the program resumed shortly after.

The false alarm occurred just days after a suspected assassin shot former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Trump was hit in the ear by a bullet and then dragged to the ground by Secret Service agents. The agents returned fire on the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed.

As part of their trip on Monday, Charles and Camilla travelled to Jersey. It was their first visit to the Channel Islands – Crown dependencies off the northwest coast of France – since the King's accession to the throne.

The couple began their tour by attending a special session of the States Assembly and the Royal Court. The crowd braved heavy rain showers and cheered as the King and Queen arrived in a purple Bentley.

After a prayer in French, five of the island's highest ranking gentlemen paid their respects to the king, including the gift of locally laid duck eggs as a symbol of sustenance.

The royal couple stopped to greet the public as they made their way to an open-air event highlighting the island's farming and fishing industries.

The king was all smiles, laughing with the spectators, shaking their hands and petting their dogs. He even apologized to the crowd for the bad weather – which eventually improved.

The King and Queen concluded their tour of St Helier with a tea party at the Pomme d'Or Hotel. Guests included veterans, royal patrons and representatives of the emergency services.

The royals will travel to Guernsey on Tuesday, where they will attend a special session of the States of Deliberation and an ancient ceremony honouring the monarch. The ceremony will be held outdoors on St Peter Port's seafront, where islanders will be able to watch the events.

In the Channel Islands, the king is known as the Duke of Normandy, a title that dates back to the time when Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, conquered the Duchy of Normandy and the islands in 1106.

Additional reporting by PA