AGI – King Charles is in Kenya for a four-day visit, his first in a former colony: he landed last night in Nairobi, together with Camilla, immediately received by President William Rutoe by his wife, at State House, the social security building. And on his journey – in which he will have to deal with the colonial past of the United Kingdom – he brought with him a piece of Italy: an evidently farsighted man, the monarch left with his beloved umbrella, made by the prestigious Neapolitan house Talarico .
In the video posted on Instagram by the Royal House, the monarch can be seen reading his notes, sitting next to the Queen, with a cup of tea and the iconic blue umbrella resting on the desk. The umbrella is one of those that you never forget: the handle is made from a whole piece of bamboo, curved with steam, and the finishes are in real Indonesian zebu horn.
✈️ The King and Queen flew to Kenya today ahead of their State Visit, which begins tomorrow.
Follow #RoyalVisitKenya for the latest updates. pic.twitter.com/OkX55eFuwk
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 30, 2023
Enthusiastic but also a little surprised, Mario Talarico, reached by phone early in the morning in his shop: “The question is ‘Does it rain in Kenya?’ Because if it wasn’t so, it means chand the king uses our umbrella either as a good luck charm or as a symbol of elegance“. In reality today in Nairobi a light drizzle is expected, a very annoying one: therefore nothing more useful than an umbrella.
Carlo will meet the president again today. The visit precedes the celebration of 60 years of Kenya’s independence in December, and is the first as king to a Commonwealth country:
will allow us to discuss “the most painful aspects of the common history of the United Kingdom and Kenya” in the years preceding independence, Buckingham Palace has assured.
The King and Queen are on their way to Kenya for a four-day visit which will take in the best of the country, from its young tech entrepreneurs and creatives to its beautiful forests and coastline.
Follow #RoyalVisitKenya this week for the latest updates.
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 30, 2023
Between 1952 and 1960, more than 10 thousand people were killed in Kenya (including 32 settlers) following the Mau Mau uprising against the colonial power, one of the bloodiest repression of the British Empire. After years of litigation, London agreed in 2013 to compensate more than 5,000 Kenyans. But some are waiting for the king to make a formal apology for Britain’s past actions.
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2023-10-31 16:30:00
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