Getty ImagesKing Charles will spend four days in Samoa, where he will rule over a gathering of Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers, for the first time.
A red floor had been rolled out at Faleolo International Airport as a result of the high winds and last-minute pump cleansing, so Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa welcomed the King and Queen Camilla.
As the pair arrived in town and met regional leaders, the Royal Samoan Police Band began playing.
The King and Queen, who ended their six-day tour of Australia on Tuesday, posted a message on social media saying they” could n’t wait” to arrive in Samoa and experience the “warmth” of the country’s ancient traditions.
ReutersA few thoughts in Samoan were included in the statement, loosely translated as “looking forward to meeting the Samoan folks.”
A Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ( CHOGM ) with the theme” One Resilient Common Future” is being held in Samoa, a small island nation in the center of the South Pacific Ocean.
The King, as brain of the Commonwealth, will officially opened the event that will also be attended by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy may accompany Charles in Samoa, where he served as Queen Elizabeth II during the most recent CHOGM staged by Rwanda in 2022.
The path from the airport to Apia, Samoa’s funds, had been improved for the imperial explore on Wednesday.
Each town along the path had adopted a state, with residents adoring their lawns with the appropriate flags and decorating their homes with their own.
In addition to being used as plant pots and bright colors, car tyres were transformed into vivid colors and had flashing lights installed in trees, bushes, and roofs.
The meeting’s major agenda item is likely to be climate change, which is a topic dear to the King’s heart and is particularly relevant there.
Compensation are not currently on the table, but they are good because British colonization brought this group of nations up.
There will be no formal apologies or compensation, according to the UK authorities.
ReutersAfter finishing a long list of engagements, The King and Queen wrapped up their journey in Australia on Tuesday.
Between them, on Tuesday alone the royal couple visited the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, a food bank, a social housing project, a literacy initiative and a community barbecue.
They met two leading tumor experts and celebrated the Sydney Opera House’s 50th celebration.
The King’s Foundation’s Asian division was actually established, expanding a charity that promotes conservation and provides training in traditional craft techniques.
However, the journey was not totally easy.
On Monday, an Australian senator defended heckling the King and accusing him of genocide after he addressed Parliament House, telling the BBC “he’s not of this land”.
Lidia Thorpe, an Indian American lady, yelled for about a moment before being escorted away by security before starting the ceremony in Canberra.
After making promises of murder against “our people”, she may be heard hollering:” This is not your property, you are not my King”.
But Indian elder Aunty Violet Sheridan, who had previously welcomed the King and Queen, said Thorpe’s opposition was “disrespectful”, adding:” She does not respond for me”.
The imperial couple met hundreds of people who had waited outside to visit them as the festival came to an end without making any mention of the event.