King Charles III and Queen Camilla are scheduled to undertake an overseas tour to the Caribbean this autumn, with the monarch visiting the Bahamas and Guyana before joining his wife in Antigua and Barbuda. The nine-day official trip is set to take place from October 27 to November 4.
Charles, who is continuing cancer treatment, will first travel to the Bahamas, where he also serves as head of state, without Queen Camilla. He will then proceed to Guyana for a state visit commemorating 60 years of diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the South American nation. Buckingham Palace stated that the tour aims to "celebrate communities, cultures and nature within the Commonwealth family."
This trip to Guyana is being undertaken at the invitation of the president and at the request of the UK Government. Charles has visited Guyana previously in 2000 and the Bahamas in 1973. As Prince of Wales, he visited Antigua and Barbuda in November 2017, following significant damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. This will be Camilla's first official visit to Antigua and Barbuda.
The King and Queen's visit to Antigua and Barbuda will overlap with the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2026, which is being hosted in the Caribbean nation from November 1 to 4.
The announcement of the royal tour comes shortly after reports of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan, returning to the UK with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to establish a home. The couple reportedly arrived in Birmingham on Wednesday, having flown from Los Angeles on a chartered private jet. They plan to maintain residences in both California and Portugal while living as an "international" family in the UK. Harry and Meghan, who stepped back from royal duties in 2020, have enrolled their children in UK schools.
