Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will pay an official visit to Barbados on Tuesday, March 19, as part of a Caribbean tour.
During the visit, they will participate in several events, including a parade and wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in National Heroes Square and a reception at which they will be able to interact with a cross-section of Barbadians.
The Prince will also visit the Nidhe Israel Synagogue, observe a demonstration on this island’s hurricane preparedness mechanisms and meet teams involved in responding to recent natural disasters across the region. He will learn more about the work of the Prince’s Trust International on the island, a charity which he founded in 1976, and meet some of the beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, The Duchess, who is President of the Women of the World Festival, will attend an event for Barbadian women of influence and pay visits to the Derrick Smith School and Vocational Centre and the Maria Holder Diabetes Centre.
Commenting on the upcoming visit, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said: “We welcome this visit by Their Royal Highnesses to our home. It serves to buttress the relationship that we have as a member of the Commonwealth, of which Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the head. Indeed, it demonstrates the continued links the Royal Family has maintained with Barbados over the years. Quite recently, we had the visit by his Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales on the occasion of the island’s 50th Anniversary of Independence Celebrations. However, none stands out more, in my mind, than that iconic moment in 1975 when Her Majesty The Queen visited Barbados to bestow a knighthood on our only living National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Garfield St. Auburn Sobers.”
During the Caribbean tour, Their Royal Highnesses will also visit St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Cuba and the Cayman Islands. (BGIS)
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Sophia Cumberbatch wrote: “That means some roads gine get fix.”
In that case we better bring one of them every month, starting with Megan and Kate. LOL
Last time Prince Edward (I think) visited, the Government Hill road to Ilaro Court quickly got resurfaced with a cheap layer of asphalt. Look at the poor state of that entire stretch up to Bussa roundabout, now.
Hope they are taking the Royals along the south and west coasts, Collymore Rock and Green Hill. God knows those roads need resurfacing, badly!
Bring the Royals if that is what it takes to get better roads. Wonder what Barbados would get if Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump hold a Summit on the island.
I just hope that we the tax payers aren't the ones paying for their visit. Not with people losing their jobs and we under austerity measures.
Please come North, the goat track of a highway up here could use some love. These Royal checkups achieve more than 25 years of political promises.
Just fetching a few Cuban cigars.
The people we keep voting for, love the Royal Family and have no problems spending our tax dollars on things that mean nothing to more than 95% of us. The other 5% love the titles of Sir, Dame, and all the colonial honors given to to them (Their Subjects). The funny thing about this our leaders will come back to us with talk of a republic after the fact.
Any body else but two of them, chupse.
Prince Henry is the official name of Harry. @honesty
I was just thinking the same thing like Sophie above about the roads getting fix. One thing about these Royal visits is that parts of the island get a nice coat of paint just to impress. Of course, we the locals don't much matter as evidenced by the piles of garbage on the streets. Well, guess we have to get things all bright and shiny for massa.