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Added on the 01/11/2023 11:27:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
On the final leg of a state visit to Kenya, Queen Camilla visits the Situation Room, which provides services for survivors of sexual and gender based violence. She is shown survivor kits that provide personal and hygiene items and hears about the kinds of therapy provided to victims. Before leaving, Camilla is presented with a Kanga (a Swahili shawl). IMAGES
En route out of Nairobi National Park, King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit the park’s ivory burning site, an historic location where 12 tonnes of ivory were burnt by the former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi in 1989. Most of it was intercepted before entering the market, stored, then burnt to show Kenya’s commitment to the conservation of elephants, and zero tolerance to the ivory trade. IMAGES
Queen camilla visits the Sheldrick Trust Elephant orphanage in Nairobi as part of hers and King Charles state visit to Kenya. After hearing more about the orphanage’s work, The Queen is shown the mud-bath area where Ms Sheldrick introduces the centre’s Head Keeper, Mr Edwin Lusichi. Her Majesty takes the opportunity to bottle feed a baby elephant. IMAGES
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive at the State House in Nairobi for a state banquet hosted by President William Ruto. It is King Charles's first tour of an African and Commonwealth nation since becoming king last year and comes just weeks before Kenya celebrates the 60th anniversary of independence in December. Buckingham Palace has said the king will address historic "wrongs" during decades of colonial rule. IMAGES
Images of King Charles III, currently being treated for cancer, and Queen Camilla leaving just after they attended a religious service at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in the royal estate of Sandringham, eastern England. This is the King's second public appearance since announcing his cancer diagnosis earlier this week. IMAGES