King and Queen to visit the Caribbean in autumn tour

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The eight-day visit will see the royal pair travel to Antigua before King Charles travels to the Bahamas and Guyana.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla volition question to the Caribbean aboriginal this year, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The royal brace volition question to Antigua and Barbuda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, with the King besides visiting the Bahamas and Guyana arsenic portion of the eight-day trip.

The circuit - planned for 27 October to 4 November - volition "celebrate the communities, cultures and quality wrong the Commonwealth family," the palace said connected Wednesday.

It marks the archetypal clip the King has visited the Caribbean since 2021, erstwhile helium travelled to Barbados to spot the state officially removed Queen Elizabeth II arsenic its caput of state and go the world's newest republic.

The monarch, who was the Prince of Wales astatine the time, acknowledged the "appalling atrocity of slavery" the Caribbean land suffered during a code helium made.

He besides visited Antigua and Barbuda successful 2017 pursuing the wide devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and made authoritative visits to Guyana successful 2000 and the Bahamas successful 1973.

He travelled crossed the Atlantic Ocean earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile helium visited Bermuda successful May, wherever helium is besides caput of state.

The travel marked his archetypal royal sojourn arsenic monarch to a British overseas territory and came aft a authorities sojourn to the US.