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🌳 King Charles ceremonially planting the national tree of the Bahamas, the Lignum Vitae, with young representatives from the Family Islands.

📸: ZNS-TV

🇧🇸 King Charles attends a Garden Reception at Government House, where His Majesty will meet Bahamians who have made significant contributions through voluntary, public, community & charitable service. The Reception began with a short prayer & brief remarks of welcome from the Governor-General — “Welcome home!” In the Upper Gardens, the King will complete a ceremonial planting of the national tree of the Bahamas, the Lignum Vitae, with young representatives from the Family Islands. His Majesty will then meet former Prime Ministers of the Bahamas, as well as members of the Bahamas Cabinet, before speaking with representatives of community & voluntary organisations.

📸: ZNS-TV

🇧🇸 At Government House, the King held an Audience with the Governor-General, H.E. Dame Cynthia Pratt, before meeting with the Bahamian Prime Minister, Philip Davis. His Majesty also greeted past Governors-General; H.E. Dame Ivy Dumont, H.E. Dame Marguerite Pindling & H.E. Sir Cormelius Smith.

📸: Chris Jackson / Reuters

🇧🇸🎉 King Charles joins the Junkanoo Street Parade in downtown Nassau

🎉 On Bay Street, King Charles met Mrs Arlene Nash-Ferguson & Mr. Silbert Ferguson, Founders of Educulture, a museum dedicated to junkanoo, who explained its significance while a celebratory street parade began its route. The King then joined the Junkanoo street parade, celebrating Bahamian culture.

📸: The Royal Family Channel (YouTube)

🇪🇸 King Felipe VI has issued a Royal Decree announcing a period of National Mourning following the train collision in central Spain. « Official Mourning is declared from 00:00 hours on 29 October until 24:00 hours on 31 October, 2026, during which time the National Flag shall fly at half-mast on all public buildings and Navy vessels. »

🇧🇸 At the Bonefish Pond National Park in New Providence, King Charles met a number of young people taking part in The Bahamas National Trust’s Education & Conservation Programme. His Majesty learned of the Park’s work in educating young people about environmental stewardship & the importance of protecting the Bahamas’ environment for future generations.

📸: The Royal Family Channel (YouTube)

🇱🇺 🇪🇸 A Message of Condolence from Grand Duke Guillaume to King Felipe following the train collision in central Spain: « Your Majesty Dear Felipe, It is with great sadness that I learned of the train disaster near Toledo. In this painful circumstance, I wish to express to you, on behalf of the people of Luxembourg and in my own name, my deepest sympathy to the bereaved families, the injured, and all those affected by this tragedy. My thoughts are also with the rescue teams and personnel mobilised on the ground to assist the victims. Please accept, Your Majesty, the expression of our complete solidarity with the Spanish people in the face of this ordeal. » — Guillaume

📸: Isabel Infantes / Reuters

🌳 Upon returning from the boardwalk, King Charles unveiled a plaque marking his visit to Bonefish Pond National Park in New Providence. The King also planted a silver buttonwood, sometimes called a ‘silver mangrove’, which is indigenous to the Bahamian coastal landscapes before departing.

📸: The Sun (YouTube)

🇧🇸 As Patron of The Bahamas National Trust, King Charles is visiting Bonefish Pond National Park in New Providence. The visit will highlight one of the Bahamas' environmental restoration & climate-resilience projects, while also demonstrating the vulnerability of low-lying island communities to climate change & the importance of effective environmental stewardship. His Majesty have an opportunity to see first-hand the restoration of the Park's unique wetland ecosystem & hear from those involved in its protection, management, conservation & education.

📸: Our News TV

🇳🇴 Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra received representatives of Operation Day Work (ODW) in Audience at the Royal Palace

📸: Det Kongelige Hoff / Lise Äserud / NTB