King and Queen to attend Antigua and Barbuda’s independence parade
The royal couple’s schedule also includes Commonwealth summit talks on slavery and a cricket celebration match featuring Caribbean and wider Commonwealth leaders.
- On Friday, King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended the 45th annual Antigua and Barbuda Independence Parade at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, featuring military ceremonial drills.
- The royal visit is part of a nine-day Caribbean tour preceding the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting hosted by Antigua on Tuesday.
- Caught in a torrential downpour, the King repeatedly asked "Where's the umbrella?" while Camilla quickly secured her own; Charles later joked he was "growing watercress on my trousers."
- Following the parade, the royal couple met four legendary West Indies cricket knights, including Sir Viv Richards and Sir Richie Richardson, and attended a Sunday church service celebrating the "family of nations."
- The upcoming Commonwealth summit will address slavery's legacy, as UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham proposed "structured dialogue" with those impacted, though he dismissed financial reparations from Britain.
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On his Caribbean journey King Charles III was surprised by a cloud break. An umbrella was waiting for him – the monarch feared that he would grow "well-cress on the suit".
A short rain shower made King Charles III to create at an official appointment in the Caribbean.
King Charles and Queen Camilla, during their visit to Antigua and Barbuda, have fallen into a tropical cloudfall – without an umbrella of all things. "I think I'm about to grow fountain cress on the suit, the King (77) later joked in conversation with the Prime Minister, Gaston Browne. A video was broadcast on the X account of the Royal Family. Charles turns around, waved his hand and probably asks for an umbrella. Finally, he walks a few steps …
King Charles III and Queen Camilla faced heavy rain during their attendance at the Trooping the Troops celebrating Antigua and Barbuda's National Day, amidst a large gathering of leaders and citizens.
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