Queen Camilla lived up to her nickname “Prom Queen” this morning as she performed some moves in Mombasa, the last day of her state stopover with King Charles in Kenya.
The royals danced with artists from Sauti Ya Wanawake (The Voice of Women) in the Situation Room in Mombasa, a centre that hosts volunteers and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Camilla, dressed in a bright green dress with a stunning color pattern, looked comfortable when she met the women at this morning’s visit.
Previously, she met staff, volunteers, and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and learned how they receive support while sharing her own knowledge while working in this field.
The Situation Room is a one-stop-shop for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), offering everything from counseling and advocacy to counseling and therapy.
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Are all the royal family’s first visits to the Commonwealth now meant to be rounds of apologies?
After declarations of repentance for slavery through the King – when he was Prince of Wales – in Rwanda, Ghana and Barbados and others through Prince William in the Caribbean last year, this week it is Kenya’s turn to be informed through Charles III of what Britain has done. in the abhorrent afterlife.
His keynote speech, at an eight-course state banquet in Nairobi, condemning colonial torture and the murder of Kenyans once labeled terrorists but now regarded in the UK as freedom fighters, was welcomed by the host government.
Kenyan President William Ruto praised their courage in achieving this, but insisted Britain will have to do more to make up for the past.
“While efforts have been made to atone for the deaths, injuries and suffering inflicted on Kenyan Africans through colonial rule, much remains to be done to complete reparations,” he said.
This call for reparations is a chorus that the British government and the royal family are now hearing from the governments of the African and Caribbean countries that were once part of the Empire.
Britain, which insists that the Empire brought many benefits as well as many disorders to the countries within it, has long opposed paying reparations, but has long been one of the largest donors of aid to rising countries.
Now that China is making many inroads into the Third World, might it be in Britain’s strategic interest to link long-term payments, across the Commonwealth, with a preference for correcting the sins of the past?
It has to be said that few ordinary people looking to make ends meet on the streets of Nairobi or Mombasa were too involved in this whole visit. In fact, many seemed to think that the time had come to move on.
English Premier League football turns out to be of much more interest to many of the 55 million people in a country where the average age is 19.
But they may gain advantages from the closer political and industrial ties that this scale in the state could bring them.
Kenya is a vital strategic component for Britain in a part of the world where neighbouring countries have created instability.
King Charles, praised by his Kenyan hosts for his years of work on environmentalism, interfaith tolerance and employment opportunities for young people around the world, helped pave the way for those close ties.
Queen Camilla, while not appreciating heat or humidity, has proven once again that she is a true companion. Some rioters on social media said she seemed uncomfortable with Black people on this trip. But it can’t be that anything is extra. de the truth.
Are all the royal family’s first visits to the Commonwealth now meant to be rounds of apologies?
After declarations of repentance for slavery through the King – when he was Prince of Wales – in Rwanda, Ghana and Barbados and others through Prince William in the Caribbean last year, this week it is Kenya’s turn to be informed through Charles III of what Britain has done. in the abhorrent afterlife.
His keynote speech, at an eight-course state banquet in Nairobi, condemning colonial torture and the killing of Kenyans once labelled terrorists but now regarded in the UK as freedom fighters, was welcomed by the host government.
Kenyan President William Ruto praised their courage in achieving this, but insisted Britain do more to make up for the past.
“While efforts have been made to atone for the deaths, injuries and suffering inflicted on Kenyan Africans through colonial rule, much remains to be done to complete reparations,” he said.
This call for reparations is a chorus that the British government and the royal family are now hearing from the governments of the African and Caribbean countries that were once part of the Empire.
Britain, which insists that the Empire brought many benefits and also many disorders to its member countries, has been so opposed to the payment of reparations but has long been one of the largest donors of aid to emerging countries.
Now that China is making many inroads into the Third World, might it be in Britain’s strategic interest to link long-term payments, across the Commonwealth, with a preference for correcting the sins of the past?
It has to be said that few ordinary people looking to make ends meet on the streets of Nairobi or Mombasa were too preoccupied with all this during the visit. In fact, many seemed to think it was time to move on.
English Premier League football appears to be of much greater interest to many other people among the 55 million inhabitants of a country where the average age is 19.
But they may gain advantages from the closer political and industrial ties that this scale in the state could bring them.
Kenya is a vital strategic component for Britain in a part of the world where neighbouring countries have created instability.
King Charles, praised by his Kenyan hosts for his years of work promoting environmentalism, interfaith tolerance and job opportunities for young people around the world, helped pave the way for those close ties.
Queen Camilla, while not appreciating heat or humidity, has proven once again that she is a true companion. Some rioters on social media said she seemed uncomfortable with Black people on this trip. But it can’t be that anything is extra. de the truth.
– By Richard Palmer, Royal Correspondent of The Daily Express, in Mombasa
King Charles and Queen Camilla left Mombasa drenched in rain with a farewell ceremony, after a break from torrential rains that lashed the Kenyan coast for 24 hours.
At Moi International Airport, the royal family bid farewell to President William Ruto and his wife Rachel before marching off with a guard of honour.
Charles and Camilla kept their composure despite the wet weather and the chaotic onslaught of local media looking to capture one last photo of the royal couple before boarding RAF Voyager and saying goodbye to their hosts.
-By Richard Palmer, Royal Correspondent for The Daily Express in Mombasa
A very rainy start. pic. twitter. com/8LGDYFKlHR
The King and Queen concluded their stay in Kenya today with a visit to one of Mombasa’s most iconic landmarks.
The couple had hoped to arrive in an equally iconic tuktuk, but torrential rains thwarted that plan.
Instead, Charles and Camilla briefly posed with the eco-friendly electric vehicle outside Fort Jesus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and thankfully jumped inside after the seats were thoroughly cleaned.
“Maybe we can use this to get to the airport,” the king joked.
He laughed when he announced that they were going to compete with him.
Learning that the vehicle could only reach speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour, the couple widened their eyes and laughed, especially when their driver, Eunice Karanja, started the vehicle.
The tuk-tuk, a vehicle widely used in urban transport in Mombasa, is named after the sound of a small two-stroke engine.
But unlike older models, the new electric offers a smoother ride with minimal noise.
It was covered in a classic Kenyan print and the ‘GREAT’ branding, a foreign crusade to show off Britain’s most productive.
Inside the fort, the couple held umbrellas to protect themselves from the weather, Queen Camilla shrugged and smiled at the chaos.
Built on a coral spur by Portuguese settlers in the late 16th century in the port of Mombasa, Fort Jesus is one of the most magnificent structures of its kind.
The royal couple stopped on the fort’s coral steps to hear from the chief curator, Dr. Anne Schulz. Fatma Twahir, tell about its architectural history.
After the Portuguese, the fort remained in Oman from 1631 and in Britain from 1875, as a stronghold to safeguard their interests along the Swahili coast of East Africa.
In 1895, the British turned the fort into a prison, before it became an ancient monument and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.
The king walked along the wall facing the harbor to a point overlooking the ocean, to appreciate the strategic location of the fort, while his wife browsed the local craft stalls.
Charles learned about the effect of the weather update on the fort and the methods that have been implemented to mitigate related risks.
The King and Queen also met local creators who, along with those in the UK, are preserving local cultural practices for future generations, and admired a dance group.
It was the last occasion of a four-day state stopover in Kenya, the King and Queen’s first in a Commonwealth country under the new reign.
-By Richard Palmer, Daily Express royal correspondent in Mombasa
King Charles visited the 16th-century Fort Jesus and tried out a local tuktuk, which was a little less spacious than his former mode of transportation around the city. pic. twitter. com/Gr57RBK28N
King Charles today visited the Mombasa Memorial Cathedral and told devout leaders running for peace on the Kenyan coast that they are all seeking to locate a path to the “divine”.
Charles spoke with leaders to find out how they have joined forces to solve a variety of upheavals in their communities in the Mombasa region.
He hosted an assembly of the Interfaith Council of Clergy of the Coast (CICC) at the Memorial Cathedral in Mombasa.
The clerics belong to organizations that constitute Christianity, the classical Hindu, Muslim and African religions, which act in combination to resolve the urgent disorders in the region.
For more than two decades, the CICC has worked in the spaces of peacebuilding, child protection, preventing and countering violent extremism, and public participation and governance.
After an evangelical pastor described how clergy from other faiths attended and blessed his ordination, the king said, “We all seek to find the same path to the divine, through other paths. “
The King also asked about the CICC’s work to mitigate electoral violence when Kenyans went to the polls last year and reported on efforts to limit the conflict.
-By Richard Palmer, Royal Correspondent for The Daily Express in Mombasa
King Charles reduced a 15-minute layover at a mosque to just five minutes, but was still greeted with shouts of “Long live the king!”when he was delivered there.
He hurried in time for the faithful to begin the prayers of the holy noon.
Charles, 74, visits the Mandhry Mosque in Mombasa’s Old Town, founded in 1570 and the oldest mosque in East Africa.
Young onlookers shouted and waved from nearby balconies, shouting, “Long live the king. “
He then went to the mosque to hear about the mosque’s interfaith debate work.
He is a member of the Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics Trust (CICC), which works for interfaith peace.
The king greeted through the chairman of the mosque’s committee, Sheikh Ali Said Al-Mandhry, whose circle of relatives founded the mosque.
Then he said: “It is glorious to meet the king. He is a down-to-earth person.
“We discussed how to help young people and their future. “
The King also met with the President of the CICC of Mombasa, Sheikh Mahamud Abdillahi Mahamud, the Governor of Mombasa County, His Excellency Abdullswamad, Sheriff Nassir and a young leader, Sheikh Mohammed Ali Muadhan.
He took a quick tour of the mosque, where he was able to see artifacts, including part of the original door installed in the 16th century, as well as a manuscript copy of the Koran.
The Mandhry Mosque, located just a few minutes from the old port, was originally a center of worship for merchants who brought with them travelers from all over the world.
-By Richard Palmer, Royal Correspondent for The Daily Express in Mombasa
Shouts of “Long the king” as Charles III arrived in Mombasa, Africa’s oldest mosque Oriental. pic. twitter. com/96Bpup1eHy
Torrential rains wreaked havoc today on the King and Queen state in Kenya and left them almost an hour late.
Parts of her show had to be due to delays, but Queen Camilla at least brought a smile to her hosts’ faces by joining a dance with a women’s organization.
She laced up her dancing shoes to show off to volunteers and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Camilla, 76, joined Sauti Ya Wanawake (The Voice of Women) at the Mombasa Situation Room, a center that hosts volunteers and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
The organization sang songs about strength and importance in society.
Camilla shuffled and smiled as the women raised their hands in the air, singing and singing classic African songs.
Beldine Otieno of Sauti Ya Wanawake said, “We were making a song about women in the family.
“We were praising the women and our visitor. A woman is very much in the community.
“She brought education.
“She is the representative of society.
“We are very grateful to him for coming
“Without women, we know that society is not complete.
“And despite everything we sing The woman is a flower”
When asked about her impromptu dance, Beldine said, “She’s very nice, lovely. I didn’t know I could dance like that. We feel it’s warm. She honors women. After meeting new people.
Camilla heard early on the shocking statistic that 40% of Kenyan women experience abuse in their lifetime.
The Queen said she helps “break down barriers” in Kenya against the stigma of gender-based violence.
She featured several brightly colored Swahili shawls called Leso, with inspirational messages.
One in Swahili: “We are grateful for the love the Queen has shown us and we are happy. “
The other said, “Let us maintain the unity of love. “
Shawls serve women and cover them if they are menstruating or even if they are expecting a baby.
Millicent Odhiambo, Treasurer of Sauti Ya Wanawake (Women’s Voice), said: “The Queen’s presence is a glorious symbol for African women.
“We gave them those gifts. Most women wear a bow in their purse, over their shoulder, or around their neck and waist if they don’t have a chair, or they cover themselves with a canopy when they’re menstruating or even when they have a baby. the framework and protects women.
Jacqueline Mbogo, Tetratech’s REINVENT program director, said: “We would like the Queen to see Kenya’s efforts to address and mitigate violence against women, men and women.
“We break barriers here. We are aware of the Queen’s paintings on gender-based violence in the UK and we hope it will be an assembly of minds as she is very passionate and we are also very passionate and we look forward to an exchange of concepts and thoughts.
The Situation Room in Mombasa uses art as a treatment to allow young people to explain what has happened to them.
Its goal is to create an area for women and has grown from 50 women in 2001 to a motion with more than 8,500 members.
The Queen greeted by singing and dancing through volunteers and staff of Sauti Ya Wanawake (Woman’s Voice).
Inside the organization’s Tononoka Social Hall, she displayed “survivor kits” that included sanitary products, shawls, toys, soap, snacks and other toiletries.
The Queen introduced Her Majesty’s Toiletry Bag Project, an initiative introduced through Her Majesty when she was Duchess of Cornwall in 2017, which provides a gesture of convenience to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
He exchanged survivor kits with a Kenyan charity.
He added: “It’s to give confidence to the survivors. “
While speaking with an assistant from the organization, Camilla learned that she is also a survivor of domestic violence.
She said, “You have a common experience. People come back and help others. I see it as a whole. “
Camilla was also introduced to psychosocial treatment facilities through the founder of the Girls for Girls Africa Mental Health Foundation, Ms. Queenter Naliaka.
Privately, the Queen met with a surviving man. – By Richard Palmer, Daily Express royal correspondent in Mombasa
Torrential rains persist in Mombasa.
The Queen tested the Domestic Violence Survivor Kits containing care packages on a scale at the Situation Room in Mombasa.
The Queen examines domestic violence survivors’ kits containing care packages during a stopover in the Situation Room in Mombasa. pic. twitter. com/7TlL0KfwHY
The King took part in a Hindu prayer at an interfaith assembly at the Memorial Cathedral in Mombasa.
The King will attend a Hindu prayer today at an interfaith assembly at the Carhedral Memorial in Mombasa. pic. twitter. com/4BPH2Eay62
Queen Camilla met with staff, volunteers and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the Situation Room in Mombasa.
The royals learned how survivors are supported and shared their own views while running in this area.
The Situation Room is a one-stop-shop for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), offering everything from counseling and advocacy to counseling and therapy.
The King has now arrived at the Mandhry Mosque, where he will continue to listen to the interfaith discussion paintings of the Council of Interfaith Clerics of the Coast.
You will also hear about the importance of the mosque’s contribution, as a venue, to this dialogue.
King Charles arrived at the Mombasa Memorial Cathedral after being received by the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Mombasa, Most Reverend Alphonce Mwaro Baya; the Governor of Mombasa County, His Excellency Abdulswamad Sherrif Nassir and the Director General of the Council of Interreligious Clergy of the Coast, Rev. Dr. Stephen Anyenda.
He heard a discussion on the role of interfaith debate in peace, security and progress with members of the Interfaith Council of Religious of the Coast.
The final day of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s official stopover in Kenya is a far cry from yesterday’s bright sunshine and warm temperatures. Instead, the royal couple greeted each other in torrential rain, despite it being the dry season. However, the two men are not embarking on their five engagements scheduled for today.
King Charles earned his Tide Turners badge on Thursday with a stopover at Nyali Beach in Mombasa, where he learned about local environmental initiatives, in addition to beach cleanups and a turtle conservation program.
When she met with an organization of Girl Guides involved in Tide Turners, a global movement that raises awareness among young people about marine plastic pollution, 17-year-old Joanne Mirraho received applause from her peers when she told the king, “I love you!”
The King also met with Dipesh Pabari and Ali Skanda, who told him how their non-profit organization Flipflopi had created a sailing dhow, made from recycled plastic and decorated with 30,000 discarded flip-flops.
They presented a classic Swahili throne, made from recycled plastic, as a thank you for a £700,000 grant their organization secured from the UK government, allowing them to collect up to 15 tonnes of plastic a month and run their own recycling plant.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have at times gotten an overwhelmingly positive reaction on their royal excursion to Kenya, according to Daily Express royal correspondent Richard Palmer. However, the question of maintenance has loomed over the adventure since its arrival in Nairobi.
At a state banquet hosted in his honor by President William Ruto on Tuesday night, the king delivered a speech in which he laid out the atrocities of British colonial rule in Kenya, specifically the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s.
He said: “It is the intimacy of our common history that has united our peoples. However, we also want to acknowledge the most painful moments of our long and complex relationship.
“The evil deeds of the hereafter are the cause of the greatest sorrow and regret. Abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence have been committed against Kenyans as they fought, as you said at the United Nations, a painful struggle for independence and sovereignty. And for that there can be no excuse.
King Charles concludes his four-day stay in Kenya today by sitting down with devout leaders to hear their work for peace, security and development.
Charles will register for an assembly of devout leaders of the Interfaith Council of Coastal Clergy (CICC) meeting at the Mombasa Memorial Cathedral.
The clerics belong to organizations that constitute Christianity, the classical Hindu, Muslim and African religions, which combine to solve pressing problems in the region.
Later, the king will appreciate some of the architectural elements of the cathedral before assembling his choir and unveiling a plaque to commemorate his visit.
This is Charles and Queen Camilla’s first visit to a Commonwealth country since the king’s ascension to the throne.
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