- Title: King Charles arrives in Germany on first overseas trip as monarch
- Date: 29th March 2023
- Summary: SCHOENEFELD, GERMANY (MARCH 29, 2023) (REUTERS) PLANE CARRYING BRITAIN’S KING CHARLES AND WIFE CAMILLA TOUCHING DOWN AT BERLIN AIRPORT BRITISH, GERMAN AND EUROPEAN UNION FLAGS FLYING PLANE TAXIING, WITH GERMAN AND BRITISH FLAGS WAVING FROM COCKPIT WINDOW BRITISH, GERMAN AND EUROPEAN UNION FLAGS FLYING GERMAN AND BRITISH FLAGS WAVING FROM COCKPIT WINDOW KING CHARLES AND CAMILLA STANDING IN OPEN PLANE DOOR BEFORE SETTING FOOT OUTSIDE AS 21 GUN SALUTE IS HEARD AND CHARLES LOOKS UP AS PLANE NOISE IS HEARD GUN ON TARMAC CHARLES AND CAMILLA WALKING DOWN PLANE STEPS AND BEING RECEIVED BY DIGNITARIES, AMONG THEM BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, GILL GALLARD WHO CURTSIES BRITISH FLAG FLYING CHARLES SITTING DOWN IN LIMOUSINE NEXT TO CAMILLA WHO WAVES BEFORE CONVOYS SLOWLY STARTS MOVING CAMILLA ADJUSTING HER HAT, SEEN THROUGH CAR WINDOW ROYAL FLAG ON LIMOUSINE CONVOY LEAVING AIRPORT PREMISES, ESCORTED BY 14 BERLIN POLICE MOTORBIKES
- Embargoed: 12th April 2023 13:37
- Keywords: Berlin Camilla Germany state visit King Charles airport arrival
- Location: SCHOENEFELD, GERMANY
- City: SCHOENEFELD, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Europe,Human Interest/Brights/Odd News,Society/Social Issues,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001110729032023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: King Charles arrived in Germany on Wednesday (March 29) for his first state visit abroad since becoming British monarch, as part of efforts to turn the page on years of rocky relations between Britain and the European Union after its exit from the bloc.
Charles, who succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth as the British monarch in September, had been due to travel first to France, but cancelled that part of the tour due to violent social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron's new pension law.
During his three-day visit to Germany's capital Berlin, the eastern state of Brandenburg and the northern port city of Hamburg, Charles will address issues facing both countries such as sustainability and the Ukraine crisis, as well as commemorate the past, according to Buckingham Palace.
His plane was to be escorted into Berlin by fighter jets as a mark of respect, the pilot said ahead of the takeoff on Wednesday.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will greet Charles and his wife Queen Consort Camilla with military honours at Berlin's landmark, the Brandenburg Gate, a symbol of the country's division during the Cold War and subsequent reunification.
It would be the first ceremonial welcome held there for a visiting head of state.
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