(23 Oct 2024)
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Apia, Samoa – 20 October 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Ayaka McGill, Associated Press:
“Britain’s King Charles will arrive in the Pacific Island nation of Samoa on Wednesday ahead of his first Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as monarch."
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Apia, Samoa – 20 October 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (English), Ayaka McGill, Associated Press:
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"Three thousand delegates and leaders from 56 countries, most of them once colonized by Britain, will take part in the summit. Many of the world’s smallest states are Commonwealth members, including those most affected by climate change and rising sea levels."
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Apia, Samoa – 20 October 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (English), Ayaka McGill, Associated Press:
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"The leaders are expected to agree on an oceans declaration that will outline commitments on protecting the sea. Members’ political interests are diverse and their ties to the monarchy are changing. The summit is expected to pose fresh questions about the role of the Commonwealth and the role of the British crown in other nations’ affairs.”
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Samoa – 21 October 2024
4. Various of King Charles portrait and Samoan and British flags
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Apia, Samoa – 20 October 2024
5. Building with CHOGM banner
6. Skyline of Apia
7. Various of flags of Commonwealth countries along a pier
STORYLINE:
Britain’s King Charles will arrive in the Pacific Island nation of Samoa on Wednesday ahead of his first Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as monarch.
Three thousand delegates and leaders from 56 countries, most of them once colonized by Britain, will take part in the biennial summit.
The capital Apia and surrounding villages are festooned with flags of various Commonwealth nations, ready to welcome the heads of states and delegates.
The king can count on Samoans to be receptive.
Its islands are at the forefront of the climate emergency, facing increasing threats from rising sea levels, warming ocean temperatures and more intense storms.
The royal visit is attracting global media attention.
Many Samoans hope that images of the king and Queen Camilla strolling on the islands’ breathtaking beaches will help attract European tourists and boost the economy.
Before his Samoa trip, Charles visited Australia, where not everyone welcomed him.
On Monday, Sen. Lidia Thorpe, shouted "you are not my king,” at a parliamentary reception for the king to protest the former British Empire’s treatment of Indigenous peoples and to call on Australia to sever ties with the monarchy.
But Samoa has a different relationship with the monarchy.
Unlike Australia, Samoa is not one of the 14 independent countries outside the United Kingdom where the British monarch remains the head of state.
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