{"id":45975,"date":"2022-06-10T10:14:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T10:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/prince-charles-eager-to-visit-rwanda-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T10:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T10:04:24","slug":"prince-charles-eager-to-visit-rwanda-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/prince-charles-eager-to-visit-rwanda-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Charles eager to visit Rwanda for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Royal Central, Prince Charles who will represent Queen Elizabeth II at the meeting has welcomed around 500 guests from across the Commonwealth who are now based in the United Kingdom (UK).<\/p>\n<p>These include the High Commissioners of some countries and representatives from the arts, charity, educational, health and business sectors among others.  <\/p>\n<p>Prince Charles has already confirmed that he will come to Rwanda along with the Duchess Camilla.  <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their visit to Rwanda later this month, Prince Charles has announced that he is eager to come to Rwanda for the first time.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife and I much look forward to meeting Commonwealth leaders and, for the first time, being able to visit Rwanda,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Prince Charles stated that he has learned a great deal from the ideas, concerns and aspirations which people across the Commonwealth have so generously shared over the years. <\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that too many members of the Commonwealth are amongst the world\u2019s most climate-vulnerable countries. It is among issues that will be discussed during CHOGM 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Charles indicated that two out of three Commonwealth citizens are under the age of thirty noting that there is a pressing need to find opportunities for \u2018our young people\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking shared responsibility to solve problems like these, means the Commonwealth has the potential to make a profound difference in the lives of its citizens and, in so doing, to be an unparalleled force for good in our world,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Clarence House announced on 9th June 2022 that Prince Charles and Camilla will undertake engagements that focus on issues facing Commonwealth countries, like \u201cclimate change; supporting biodiversity and the regeneration of land; economic development; opportunities for the young; and gender equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prince Charles, the first born to Queen Elizabeth II was designated as her successor in 2018.  <\/p>\n<p>Prince Charles has attended similar meetings five times since 1997.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42753 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/charlescommonwealth-1140x694.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Charles has hosted the reception at Buckingham Palace.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42754 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fu1fxcex0aiko9n-93f22.jpg\" alt=\"Camila will come to Rwanda along with Prince Charles. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42755 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fu1fxcfwaaancee-f40d1.jpg\" alt=\"The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla interacting with a participant of the event. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42756 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fu1fxcswiaaakmq-eea6f.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Charles chatting with Arsenal player, Bukayo Saka. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Prince of Wales along with the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla has hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace, celebrating the Commonwealth diaspora ahead of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda in the week starting from 20th June 2022.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-45975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45975"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45975"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}