SWAZILAND: PRINCE CHARLES USES HIS FIRST FOREIGN VISIT SINCE HIS EX-WIFE DIANA'S DEATH TO THANK THE WORLD FOR ITS OUTPOURING OF SYMPATHY

Record ID: 912400

  • Title: SWAZILAND: PRINCE CHARLES USES HIS FIRST FOREIGN VISIT SINCE HIS EX-WIFE DIANA'S DEATH TO THANK THE WORLD FOR ITS OUTPOURING OF SYMPATHY
  • Date: 29th October 1997
  • Summary: MBABANE, SWAZILAND (OCTOBER 29, 1997) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SV PLANE ARRIVING LV PLANE AND BAND SV PRINCE CHARLES DESCENDING FROM PLANE MCU OF GUARD OF HONOUR SV CHARLES WALKING TO PODIUM
  • Embargoed: 6th July 2005 18:13
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  • Location: MBABANE, SWAZILAND
  • Country: Swaziland
  • Topics: International Relations,Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Politics,Royalty
  • Reuters ID: LVA368WBVQI94KLME7OIIQ86W5O2
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Britain's Prince Charles has used his first foreign visit since his ex-wife Diana's death to thank the world for its outpouring of sympathy.
    In the tiny kingdom of Swaziland on Wednesday (October 29) at the start of an eight day southern African tour, parts of it with his son Prince Harry, he thanked parliamentary leaders for offering condolences.
    "We have all been deeply touched by the flood of messages and condolences and kindness that we have received from all over the world," the Prince of Wales said at a ceremony to open a British-funded media centre.
    Senate leader Laurence Mncina told his royal guest Diana, Princess of Wales, would be missed for her charity work and compassion, and said Charles' response to her death and his trip to Paris to recover her body had touched hearts around the world.
    Harry, 13, left his father during a morning stop-over in South Africa to go on holiday with a friend.
    He will first appear in public at a charity concert on Saturday, to the disappointment of well-wishers who had hoped to see him in Swaziland.
    "Where is Harry," one British expatriate asked Charles as he met local officials on arrival at Swaziland's main airport.
    "This is not really the kind of thing for a small boy," the heir to the throne replied, frowning, as he gestured to the formal welcoming ceremony, with red carpet, military guard of honour and rows of dignitaries to be greeted.
    After the official welcome at the airport Charles accompanied by Swazi King Mswati III was treated to a display of traditional dancing.
    Harry's first official engagement in South Africa on Saturday will be far less formal. He will go backstage to meet the British pop quintet, the Spice Girls.
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