King Charles & Queen Camilla - Visit to Australia and Samoa: October 2024

[muriel]

The Sydney Opera House with a special light display to welcome the King and the Queen.

https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity-life/sydney-opera-house-lights-up-for-king-charles-and-queen-camillas-australian-royal-tour/news-story/4aedd1168d4f48044d91f895ce6fadc3

Love it, what a fantastic display!

 

[Frelinghighness]

My understanding is that the King & Queen met in Singapore, and were picked by a RAAF plane there. The Queen travelled to Asia ahead of the King. My guess is she had a few days at the health farm in Bangalore that she likes to visit at this time of the year in advance of the trip.

How smart of her to take a few days to adjust

 

[Sun Lion]

The ABC has released an "unofficial" guide on seeing The King and Queen. It's unofficial, because the full itinerary are not made in public. The news website did mention that The King and Queen will greet the crowd in Canberra on the 21st and Sydney on the 22nd.
Here's where you can catch a glimpse of Charles and Camilla in Australia

Coincidentally, on the first day of visit, 18th October, Cunard's MS Queen Elizabeth will arrive at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay and depart later in the evening. There are other cruise ships stopping at Sydney Harbour for the next couple of days, including Disney, Carnival, Princess, Celebrity and P&O Australia.
Sydney Cruise Schedule

The Queen Elizabeth couldn’t leave on schedule last night AC21091968 because of that sudden massive downpour … and that delayed the start of the Opera House display as she was in front of the projectors.

If Charles or Camilla were up in time this morning … about 5.30am … another beautiful cruise ship sailed in, very closely past Admiralty House.

We had very noisey helicopters overhead for a while last night as the official cavalcade arrived in our suburb.

 

[Blog Real]

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived in Australia.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847247219818197168

Upon arrival in Sydney, the King and Queen met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Mrs. Haydon.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847259067296759824

 

[Sun Lion]

The Naval support vessel Sycamore, and another smaller boat, are currently standing off at the end of my street … Admiralty House is just on the other side of the headland.

As this is a rest day perhaps Charles and Camilla will be taking a pleasant Harbour lunch cruise. Better than just sitting around inside or in the garden.

As the Sycamore can land a helicopter, perhaps even a bit of sight-seeing from above.

There is a seal … named Benny … who lives on the steps of the Opera House. I hope someone points him out to the Couple. He’s been here for a couple of years, and is now getting quite large.

(If he’s not on the steps, he’s off getting a snack again, but will be back to lie around with his belly upwards toward the sun.)

Still early here, but quite warm.

 

[Sun Lion]

Media are reporting live from outside Admiralty House … only 8.15 am here … saying there is to be another meet and greet.

The Couple are indeed going to church tomorrow morning in North Sydney … St Thomas’ … and the public are welcome to attend and see them.

https://fb.watch/viyCryYvbR

 

[Sun Lion]

Charles and Camilla have been photographed in the grounds of Admiralty House this morning.

Good they got out when they did, it’s quite warm here, but raining again.

King Charles and Queen Camilla step out for a casual morning stroll

King Charles and Camilla have been pictured taking a stroll together on their first morning in Australia.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Royalist.in.NC]

Love it, what a fantastic display!

Thanks for sharing this - wow! I also read the comments and Australians were very critical of their premiers who turned down the invitation to meet with KCIII. Several said it was “disrespectful”. And one person said it was a reminder to keep what they have (the monarchy) and not give those elected officials any more power than they already have - was very interesting read!

 

[Asteria12]

I do hope the King doesn't unnecessarily tire himself, however it is good to see them out enjoying the gardens!

 

[Sun Lion]

I do hope the King doesn't unnecessarily tire himself, however it is good to see them out enjoying the gardens!

I don’t know if the King and Queen are actually at Admiralty House at the moment or not Asteria12 … currently 3.30pm Saturday afternoon.

I’ve just gone for a walk past there and there are a few big cameras … with big umbrellas over them … set up across the road from the entrance.

The camera men are looking at their phones and must have had food deliveried.

Barricades are up on both these corners as well.

I didn’t like to interrupt their downtime so I don’t know if the Royal Couple are leaving, or are somewhere and are due back.

Otherwise lots of police vans and cars about, local police and Federal. Some of the vans have powerlines running to them from over the Admiralty House fence.

No trouble to walk in and around it all. Some people are taking photos of themselves in front of the gates.

Some very well dressed people are also in the streets heading in this direction.

Some events are not announced to the public. I’ve seen that in the past, people attending Receptions that the rest of us didn’t know about, but there is a yacht club nearby, so maybe there was a wedding on and they weren’t heading to anything Royal.

I did read that there is a “big, glamorous party” at the Opera House tomorrow night, but I’ve only seen it reported in one place so don’t know if that’s true.

Did you see the very long video put up by the Sun where Arthur Edwards recounts his Australian experiences photographing the Royals here.

He said how he has never seen Charles with jet-lag, and also that Camilla told him, Mr Edwards, how she is having a bit of a struggle to get the King to follow his doctors orders as much as he should.

I’ll try and add it to this post if I can find it again.

Here it is, but I can’t seperate the video out of this link … it is about half way down. Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson interviewing Arthur Edwards for about twenty minutes with a misty Opera House behind them … “Royal Secrets”.

The Sun

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www.thesun.co.uk

I’ve just seen other photos of Charles at Admiralty House … on the balcony … so I think there may be video of the Couple on tonight’s tv news shows.

 

[Asteria12]

I wish I was able to go see them but work has me going to the wrong city, aargh! Thanks for the link @Sun Lion!