James to make cheese for Prince Charles

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Blur's Alex James has signed a deal to produce cheese for the Prince of Wales.

The 40-year-old bass player will sell the cheese through the Duchy of Cornwall estate and is planning to use half a million litres of organic milk from a pedigree Ayrshire herd, reports the BBC.

A spokesperson for Prince Charles said: "Duchy Originals is delighted to be working with Alex James, one of Britain's most exciting and passionate new cheese makers, to produce a cheese using the milk form the herd of Ayrshire cows on the Duchy Home Farm."

James told The Times: "It will be the poshest cheese in the world but it's only going to cost £3 - I think everyone should be able to afford royal cheese."

James, who became a part-time farmer after Blur split in 2003, won a silver Cheese Of The Year Award for his goat's cheese Little Wallop in 2008.