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Jones, T. (2026, November 4). King and Queen bid farewell to Antigua and Barbuda after six-day visit. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/charles-antigua-commonwealth-the-king-andy-burnham-b1303574.html
Jones, Tony. “King and Queen bid farewell to Antigua and Barbuda after six-day visit.” Evening Standard, 4 Nov. 2026, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/charles-antigua-commonwealth-the-king-andy-burnham-b1303574.html.
Jones, Tony. “King and Queen bid farewell to Antigua and Barbuda after six-day visit.” Evening Standard, November 4, 2026. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/charles-antigua-commonwealth-the-king-andy-burnham-b1303574.html.
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On November 4, 2026, King Charles III and Queen Camilla bid farewell to Antigua and Barbuda after a six-day visit, departing from VC Bird International Airport. Their trip was part of an eight-day tour that included visits to the Bahamas and Guyana, focusing largely on discussions about slavery reparations. During their stay in Antigua and Barbuda, they attended the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm). Charles addressed the summit, expressing deep sorrow over the transatlantic slave trade but stopping short of offering an apology. At the airport, the Royal Police Force Band played both the British national anthem "God Save The King" and Antigua and Barbuda’s national anthem before the lowering of flags and a guard inspection ceremony. Governor-General Sir Rodney Williams and Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier General Telbert Benjamin were among those seeing them off.
Charles also made solo trips to the Bahamas and a state visit to Guyana during his time in the region and much of his tour has been dominated by the issue of slavery reparations and an apology from Britain.
The actions of Britain’s warships came after they had spent more than a century protecting vessels carrying enslaved people and defending the Caribbean’s profitable sugar producing colonies based on slave labour.
