(23 Oct 2024)
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Siumu, Samoa – 23 October 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS+
1. Motorcade escorting King Charles III driving in front of villagers lined up to welcome him outside his resort
2. Children holding Samoan flags
3. Various of villagers wearing traditional clothing waiting for Charles
4. Wide of villagers holding flags while waiting for Charles
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ataona Tusi Fafetai, Paramount chief of Siumu:
“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. It’s also a memory of a lifetime and we are excited to do our best to represent our cultures and our values as Siumu district and also representing Samoa.”
6. Various of villagers waiting for Charles
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ataona Tusi Fafetai, Paramount chief of Siumu:
“We have pride in our core values, as in hospitality, respect and love and caring for our people. And those are the values that we brought up as Samoa. And it’s a great opportunity for us to show the world who we are and what we are as people and our identity as Samoan. And it’s a great opportunity to show the world of our district.”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Madeleine A. Tofaeono-Galo, daughter of village chief:
“I think it is one of the first Pacific island nations to host CHOGM. I think it shows a lot for here in the island. I want to say it brings more revenue back into the island, back to the locals, helping boost the economy, and just putting Samoa on the map outside of sports. So I think that’s a good thing.”
9. Man wearing traditional clothing standing in road
10. Various of villagers waiting for Charles
11. Various of taxi drivers decorating their vehicles with Union Jack flags
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Malosi Lokeni, taxi driver:
“We want to show the King Samoa’s very good friendship. so that’s why support (Charles) because we respect, all the people in Samoa showing their respect to King Charles.”
13. Taxi with British flag on driving along road
14. Village house decorated with flags of the UK and Commonwealth nations
15. SOUNDBITE (English) No name given, local resident
“It took three days to clean it, beautiful, so the King will see it and come back to Samoa again next time.”
16. Taxi with Union Jack flag
17. SOUNDBITE (English) No name given, local resident
“They are all excited because it’s their first time seeing the King. (They’ve) only seen him on the TV, but not here in Samoa.”
18. Mid of Charles portrait on flag
STORYLINE:
People in Samoa crowded in the streets late on Wednesday to welcome Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla during their visit to the country.
A buzz surged through the crowd in the Samoan fishing village of Siumu as the motorcade appeared Wednesday, bearing the first British king to visit a Pacific Island nation.
Hands waved briefly from rolled-down windows and those standing in just the right spot managed to catch a glimpse of the king’s face.
Then the monarch and his wife were gone. The royals had arrived earlier Wednesday evening following a visit to Australia.
Charles is expected to helm a major meeting of leaders from Commonwealth countries in Samoa, including many that once had colonial ties to Britain.
His presence is likely to prompt uneasy questions -– as it did in Australia — about the role of the British crown in the histories and aspirations of its former territories.
But on Wednesday, his visit provoked delight too.
Locals were thrilled their village was picked to host the monarch and congregated two hours early on Wednesday to await his arrival.
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