Great Yorkshire Show Day 3: Full video coverage as Archbishop demands fairer prices for farmers - plus Red Devils display

THE Archbishop of York called on supermarkets to pay farmers a fairer price for the food they produce. Dr John Sentamu was speaking on the final day of the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate.

Click the video thumbnails above to watch our collection of videos from the Great Yorkshire Show. Today’s films include the Red Devils display team, showjumping, heavy horses, young handlers and the visiting Archbishop.

Dr Sentamu said retailers and shoppers alike should be prepared to pay more to sustain the agricultural economy. Watch the video interview above.

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Yesterday Prince Charles gave the show the Royal seal of approval when he visited the nation’s showpiece agricultural event.

The Prince of Wales was joined by his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, during the visit on the second day of this year’s event and met leading figures of the region’s farming industry, including the show director Bill Cowling.

The Royal couple, who last visited the event in 2006, toured the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate to sample some of the region’s famous produce which is on offer in the Food Hall – including a slice of Real Yorkshire Wensleydale from the Wensleydale Creamery at Hawes.

Prince Charles, who is the patron of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society which organises the show, and the Duchess of Cornwall lingered an hour longer than programmed.

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The Prince also confirmed a welcome boost for the nation’s agricultural industry with nearly £200,000 of new grants from the Prince’s Countryside Fund to help boost British farmers and rural communities.

The Yorkshire Post revealed earlier this week that the grants will support a range of projects.

Yesterday also featured livestock classes and the equine events which were packed with record numbers of entrants.

The final day of the three-day event is today and is due to include a landing by the Red Devils skydiving team in the afternoon, and the Cock o’ the North showjumping championship.