Prince of Wales Arrives
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall arrived in the island a short while ago to attend the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo.
At a reception to be held to mark His Royal Highness' birthday he will meet a
range of people from Sri Lankan society. The garden at Westminster
House, the venue for the party, will host a small organic market, at
which The Prince and Duchess will view local produce and learn about
farming in Sri Lanka.
The Prince will then spend Saturday in
the hill country. In Kandy he will be visiting the iconic Temple of the
Tooth, the British Garrison Cemetery and the historic Peradeniya
Botanical Gardens . Moving on to Nuwara Eliya, he will visit the
Labookellie tea estate and a school for children with disabilities.
On Saturday The Duchess will visit charities in Colombo such as the
Home-Start Lanka Satellite Centre in Colombo Municipal Council’s
‘Building Hope’ Resource Centre.
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