King Charles shows off dance moves during Caribbean tour
King Charles embraced the party spirit by demonstrating some dance moves in the Bahamas during the second day of his Caribbean tour.
King Charles showed off his dance moves in the Bahamas on the second day of his Caribbean tour.
The 77-year-old monarch took part in a Junkanoo – a carnival that celebrates island life – and took the opportunity to join dancers with a pair of maracas decorated in the colours of the Bahamian flag.
Charles, dressed in a suit and sunglasses in the Caribbean heat, was cheered by the crowd as he joined in with the party spirit on Wednesday (28.10.26).
The King had started the second day of his nine-day tour of the Caribbean by paying respects to fallen members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), speaking with servicemen and women before laying a wreath at the Flamingo Monument – which commemorates four RDBF Marines who lost their lives when HMBS Flamingo was sunk by a Cuban MiG fighter in 1980.
Charles later visited the Bahamas Boxing Academy, where young fighters and their head coach wore t-shirts showing the monarch with a crown, gloves and a boxing belt.
Jermaine Gibson – who wore one of the t-shirts – told the BBC: "He loved it, he loved it.
"He said it was really good and we gave him one of his own."
The King then visited the Bonefish Pond National Park, which was once a rubbish dump but has been redeveloped to protect over 1,000 acres of mangrove trees, as part of the tour's theme of protecting the Caribbean region from climate change.
He walked along a new boardwalk through the wetlands to observe the conservation work being done to protect the island and met students carrying out field work.
Joanne Smith, president of the Bahamas National Trust Council, said: "We've been so looking forward to this.
"We want more Bahamians to get involved in our national parks so they can use it to better themselves... we are so pleased to have the King here, this is really significant for us."
The King finished the day with a garden reception at Government House in the capital city Nassau, where Governor-General Dame Cynthia A Pratt spoke of her pride at the monarch visiting the country for the first time since 1973.
She said: "We trust that your time in our capital will reflect the legendary hospitality of our people.
"We pray that this royal visit further strengthens the enduring bonds of friendship between the Crown and the Bahamian people."
The King leaves the Bahamas on Thursday (29.10.26) as his tour continues in Guyana.
He will then be joined by his wife Queen Camilla in Antigua and Barbuda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting next week.
