King Charles apologized for taking so long to visit beautiful Bermuda during a garden party on Friday night.
The 77-year-old king, who is fresh from his US state visit with Donald and Melania Trump, attended a garden party at Government House, where he told guests that he was sorry it had taken 400 years for a reigning monarch to visit the country.
"I am told to my amazement it is also the first time in Bermuda’s four-hundred-year history that the islands have received a reigning King. I am terribly sorry it has taken so long!," he said.
While not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory and participates in Commonwealth activities and sports through its association with the UK, which manages its defense and foreign affairs.
Raising a toast to Bermuda at the garden party, the King said: "I need hardly say that Bermuda, like all the Overseas Territories, is a most cherished and important member of the British family – with a friendship as solid as this so-called ‘Rock’."
Queen Camilla spent her holiday on the luxurious yacht of Conservative donor Wafic Said while visiting Greece
The event took place at Government House, where the King has been staying during his three-day visit.
King Charles’ busy agenda in Bermuda
The King is expected to end his three-day visit to Bermuda by officially launching the UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) Project Nova, which serves to help track space debris.
During a tour of the site of a new UKSA observatory, the monarch will hear about the initiative to oversee the installation of a global network of telescopes across five sites to help track old satellites, rocket stages, and other objects.
He is also expected to open the new Great Bay Coast Guard Station and learn about the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Coast Guard’s critical work in protecting the island’s territorial waters, as well as safeguarding its marine environment.
King Charles will be shown two new pieces of technology being used by the regiment, unmanned underwater vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Finally, he is due to greet young people from the Junior Leader programme and award operational service medals to five members of the regiment for their commitment to the protection of the island.
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