This is a historic event. The Australians have received the first official visit of Elizabeth II's son as King of England. Charles III undertook a royal tour of nine days in the land of kangaroos last October. The excursion was not easy.
On October 21, the British daily
The Guardian revealed that the monarch had been vehemently questioned by pro-republican Australian senator Lidia Thorpe during her visit to Parliament in Canberra. The defender of the Aboriginal nation had accused him of genocide, demanding in particular the restitution of the lands of his people.
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Charles III, a generous grandfather with his grandchildren
Charles III: back from Australia, suitcases full
Camilla's husband didn't return from Australia empty-handed. Her suitcases were overflowing with gifts upon his arrival in London on October 26. According to our colleagues from GB News, these very numerous presents would have been offered to children
Kate and William, George, Charlotte and Louis. These would be typically Australian souvenirs.
The British media gave a precise list. Charles III would have brought back from Australia a cricket ball, another rugby ballbut also a stuffed koalaall donated by Ellie Mantle, the wife of Rector Michael Mantle. Would also be added dried kangaroo meat, tea cakes of the Tunnock's brand as well as bouquets of flowers brought back from Admiralty House, Sydney.
Charles III: gifts that embarrass him?
Buckingham Palace usually announces gifts received by the kings and queens of England in the past. This use, however, caused scandals in the past. We remember, for example, the controversy launched by the jewels of the Saudi royal family offered to
Camilla Parker Bowles during the reign of the late Elizabeth II.
Now, here it is four years since the Firm has not published this list contentious. We therefore do not know what gifts have been received by his family since the Covid-19 pandemic. Would these gifts embarrass Charles III? Suspicions hover especially since the monarch receives them in the name of his country, and not in a personal capacity. For its part, the Firm maintains that “lists of royal gifts will be published in due course.”
