Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, visit Kenya to commemorate the 60th anniversary of its independence and strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
The four-day visit is full of symbolism. Charles' mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, learned that she had become the U.K. monarch while visiting a game preserve in the East African nation - at the time a British colony - in 1952.
Cleverly noted that Kenya's schools were important to the U.K. as “the father of our prime minister went to Highway Secondary School here in Nairobi.” The British High Commission said Charles would “meet veterans and give his blessing to efforts by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to ensure Kenyans and Africans who supported British efforts in the World Wars are properly commemorated.”“The king should never have been allowed to step in this country, considering the dark history of British colonialists,” he said, speaking at the capital's Jevanjee Gardens, where colonial statues were brought down in 2020.
The victims' lawyer, Kelvin Kubai, told the AP on Monday that they arrived at the hotel where they were to hold the press conference and were informed that police had issued a cancellation notice. He said he found a heavy police presence around the hotel.
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