King Charles and Queen Camilla have posed for a new portrait to mark the conclusion of their nine-day Caribbean tour. The photograph, taken by royal photographer Chris Jackson at their hotel in Antigua on Sunday morning, shows the couple smiling amid palm trees in the tropical setting.
Charles wears a beige suit with a pocket square made from local madras, while Camilla is dressed in a turquoise chiffon dress and a multicoloured Antigua beaded bracelet. The picture was taken before the couple's first joint engagement of the tour.
Tour Itinerary and Engagements
Charles visited the Bahamas and Guyana alone before Camilla joined him for the final leg in Antigua and Barbuda. Their first full day of engagements began with a church service at St John's Pentecostal House of Restoration.
The service, part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2026 programme, focused on themes of unity and partnership. It included readings from Prime Minister Gaston Browne, the Governor-General, and an Act of Affirmation by Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchway.
Independence Parade and Rain
After the hour-long service, the King, wearing a tie gifted by Barry Humphries's widow, chatted with the Governor-General as they left the church. A steel band played the William Tell Overture as they departed.
Later on Sunday, the couple were caught in a sudden downpour during Antigua and Barbuda's 45th annual independence parade. The King mimed holding an umbrella, while the Queen, sheltering under a marquee, laughed at her drenched dress and ruined hair. Charles later joked that his trousers were "growing watercress."
CHOGM Address on Slavery
During his opening address at CHOGM, the King said the slave trade "fills my heart with horror and my soul with the most profound personal sorrow." His speech in Antigua on Tuesday drew heightened interest after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would be "open" to the possibility of the UK formally apologising for its role in slavery.
"Britain is bringing a new approach to this meeting," the prime minister said. However, the King did not give the apology many nations had hoped for. Instead, he said, "History is not ours to choose or change," adding, "Our history inspires us, can appal us, yet it can always teach us. We cannot change the actions of those who came before us. We can, however, learn from the past."
He acknowledged that the slave trade still "casts a shadow over these islands and other Members of our Commonwealth" but noted that the British Royal Navy played a key part in ending the trade.
