King Charles III will conclude his visit to Bermuda by officially launching the UK Space Agency's (UKSA) Project Nova, a new initiative to track space debris. The King will visit the site of a new UKSA observatory on the island, where he will learn about the project's plan to install a global network of telescopes across five sites to monitor old satellites, rocket stages, and other objects.
On his final day in Bermuda, the King will also open the new Great Bay Coast Guard Station. There, he will hear about the Royal Bermuda Regiment's Coast Guard's work in protecting the island's territorial waters and marine environment. He will view two new pieces of technology used by the regiment: unmanned underwater vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Young people from the Junior Leader programme will discuss their involvement with the scheme. Before departing, the King will award operational service medals to five members of the regiment for their commitment to protecting the island.
On Friday evening, the King attended a garden party at Government House, where he has been staying during his three-day visit. He remarked to guests, '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.' The residence has been recently refurbished, and the King noted it 'still smells of fresh paint.'
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”.'
