King Charles III is on a nine-day Caribbean tour, and Sunday’s stop in Antigua and Barbuda delivered the most relatable royal footage of the year. At the country’s 45th independence anniversary parade, a sudden torrential storm hit the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Queen Camilla got an umbrella within seconds. The King, 77, looked around for assistance before one arrived, all captured on BBC video.
When the umbrella finally got to him, Charles leaned toward Prime Minister Gaston Browne and joked that he was about to grow watercress on his suit. The ceremony continued despite the rain, and the line instantly became the tour’s most quotable moment. Camilla, 79, joined the trip on day five, attending a church service in a turquoise sundress before the parade.
The tour, which began October 27 in the Bahamas and moves on to Guyana, is also taking place amid continued calls for UK slavery reparations, with protesters in Nassau shouting“pay us what you owe us.”Charles has acknowledged“the great suffering and injustices of the past”during the trip. A soggy suit and a pun sit right next to that history.
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