PRINCE Charles gave military fund raisers the royal seal of approval during his visit to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

His Royal Highness visited the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, based at the health unit yesterday to boost the morale of the 23 injured British servicemen being treated on the military ward.

And during his trip the Prince of Wales congratulated the elite military team, who took part in the gruelling Bastion 2 Birmingham challenge on treadmills and exercise bikes in the hospital foyer on Sunday.

They completed 3,580-miles, the distance between Camp Bastion in Afghanistan and Birmingham, in less than 48 hours in support of charities which help British troops wounded in Afghanistan.

The Prince personally congratulated each of the 20-strong team, which included rugby legend Jason Robinson.

Jason, a key member of England’s World Cup wining team in 2003, said: “It was great to meet the Prince after we finished.