Mr King, who has been honoured for his services to charity, said he spoke to King Charles about the foundation’s mission to ensure young people could have their heart health tested.
He said he and his colleagues had been to Italy to learn more about how tests are conducted there, and whether the UK could benefit from the Italian model.
Mr King, from the Childwall area of Liverpool, said he had invited Charles to the city to open the new centre “if he fancies it”, joking that it was “an offer he can’t refuse”.
“We’re close to getting it [the centre] and that’s why we’ve announced it,” he said.
Mr King said that, according to government statistics, 12 young lives are lost to cardiac arrests every week in the UK.
“The success behind us is down to the passion of people in Liverpool and beyond and I’m only here for our Ol, to pick the OBE up for him,” he said.
“He never let us down once while he was here and we won’t let him down now.”
