King Charles III to make first visit to The Bahamas as monarch

KING Charles III will make his first visit to The Bahamas as monarch in October as part of a week-long Caribbean tour that will also take him to Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana, Buckingham Palace announced today.

The King and Queen Camilla will visit The Bahamas ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will be held in Antigua and Barbuda from November 1 to 4. The visit will mark King Charles' first official trip to The Bahamas since ascending the throne in 2022.

Buckingham Palace said the King will travel first to The Bahamas before attending the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda. He will then make a state visit to Guyana.

"Their Majesties The King and Queen will undertake an Autumn Tour from Tuesday, 27th October to Wednesday, 4th November 2026. This will include a Royal Visit to Antigua and Barbuda to coincide with Their Majesties’ attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2026," the statement read.

"Prior to CHOGM, The King will undertake a Royal Visit to The Bahamas, of which His Majesty is also Head of State. His Majesty will then undertake a State Visit to Guyana, at the invitation of the President of Guyana and at the request of the UK Government. The visit will mark 60 years of bilateral relations between the UK and Guyana."

It added: "Their Majesties’ Autumn Tour will celebrate communities, cultures and Nature within the Commonwealth family."

The visit fulfils an intention King Charles expressed in 2024 when he apologised for missing The Bahamas' 50th Independence celebrations because of cancer treatment and told Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis he hoped to visit the country.

King Charles last visited The Bahamas in 1973 as Prince of Wales, representing Queen Elizabeth II at the nation's Independence celebrations. Queen Elizabeth II made five official visits to The Bahamas during her reign, the last in 1994 for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.


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ted4bz says...

kmt

Posted 26 August 2026, 11:33 a.m. Suggest removal

birdiestrachan says...

I like them Harry and Maghin also and I wish them well

Posted 26 August 2026, 1:05 p.m. Suggest removal

Baha10 says...

Notice … no Jamaica or Barbados … I wish them both luck in shedding their heritage in an effort to go it alone in this ever increasing unstable World where having a “big” Brother, Parent or influential Friend (such as England) has never been more critical!

Posted 26 August 2026, 7:55 p.m. Suggest removal

tell_it_like_it_is says...

And we should care about this visit because...????🤷‍♂️

Posted 26 August 2026, 8:52 p.m. Suggest removal

Bonefishpete says...

It's Good To Be The King

Posted 26 August 2026, 9:15 p.m. Suggest removal

SP says...

KING Charles III must be extraordinarily proud to embody his ancestors Colonial atrocities of native genocides, the slave trade, and historical crimes and savagery against humanity!

In over roughly 180 years, British ships transported millions of enslaved Africans to the Caribbean.

Wealth extracted through enslavement and barbaric systems built commercial dominance for Britain while leaving the Caribbean with lasting systemic poverty, underdevelopment, and health disparities that we have to recover from to this day.

The British and other white people invaded African countries using superior killing methods, destroyed civilizations, stole artifacts, plundered resources, and enslaved the people.

After stealing everything that could fit on their ships and destroying everything else that could not, the British started a rumor that blacks are thieves!

Their Majesties The King and Queen do not deserve, nor will they ever have the pleasure of receiving any respect from me for the unimaginable horrors they so proudly represent.

Posted 27 August 2026, 10:21 a.m. Suggest removal

Sickened says...

It sounds like you will never shake the hand of ANY white person - ever!

Posted 27 August 2026, 1:41 p.m. Suggest removal

realityisnotPC says...

So I assume you would be happy to go to prison for a crime that your great great grandfather committed? Should Italians hang their heads in shame because of all the atrocities committed by the Roman Empire? How conveniently you forget that the west African transatlantic slave trade could never have existed without the African hunter tribes who made a profit rounding up members of other tribes and selling them to the slave traders.
History has shown that black Africans are perfectly adept at plundering resources and killing each other, with more deaths, by far, due to various African civil wars in the post-colonial era than ever occurred at the hands of white Europeans. The story of a colonial African country with a strong economy and plenty of food that gets its independence and then gets run totally into the ground by their black African leaders is a common one...with Zimbabwe as the star example. But you go ahead and keep blaming the white man. My ancestors were brought to The Bahamas in chains and I recognise the horrors that they endured; but there is nobody alive today who has the blame for that.

Posted 27 August 2026, 2:56 p.m. Suggest removal

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