Prince Charles embarks on Caribbean tour including Cuba

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla embark on a Caribbean tour yesterday during which they will become the first British royals to visit Cuba. The royals will kick off their 12-day tour of 10 islands with a visit to St Lucia, continuing onwards to Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis, and Grenada, according to their private office.

Many of the islands are former British colonies and retain Charles’ mother Queen Elizabeth as head of state. On March 24, the royal couple will land in Havana for a three-day visit at the request of the British government to underscore warming British-Cuban ties, where they will dine with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. Charles, the heir to the British throne, already met the president last November on his 70th birthday, when Diaz-Canel was visiting London.