Royal family 'more open' to their German relatives as they attend royal banquet
01.04.2023 - 09:39
/ ok.co.uk
During his first state visit, King Charles attended a royal banquet with some of his German relatives also in attendance which is "significant", a royal expert said. Commentator Richard Fitzwilliams, speaking exclusively to OK! said the Royal family are "more open now" about its German ancestors and the King's speech to the Bundestag" gave us a rare in depth insight into Anglo-German relations".
King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort arrived in Germany, Berlin on Wednesday for three days to start the King's first overseas state visit.This is the first state visit by a British monarch in eight years, the last was by the Queen in 2015. On arrival, the monarch and his wife were greeted by a 21-gun salute and a fly-past by two fighter jets after they emerged from the ministerial plane Voyager and paused at the top of the steps.
As a mark of respect, two Typhoon jets escorted the plane carrying Charles and Camilla, their entourage and a large number of media for a period as it approached Berlin-Brandenburg Government Airport. On the same evening, King Charles and Camilla attended the state banquet hosted by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.They opted for special evening wear as they put on a united front to meet and greet various important figures including former State Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of the dinner.
Among the guests at the state banquet included some of the Royal's German relatives which are Charles' cousins.Talking about the relative's attendance Royal expert, Mr Fitzwilliams said: “I do think it's significant that some of the Prince’s German relatives were at the banquet, the Royal family is more open now about its German antecedents". Charles has a number of German first cousins who are
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