Prince Charles and Camilla have begun their nine-day tour of Africa.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall touched down at Banjul International Airport on Wednesday evening where they were greeted with a ceremonial welcome from dancers in colourful dress and a long line of dignitaries.
The couple were met on the red carpet by President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, and one of his wives. An official ceremony was held in McCarthy Square in the Capital City of Banjul to welcome the royal couple. They also enjoyed a cultural performance at the Coco Ocean Hotel.
The prince and duchess will tour the Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria on behalf of the British government.
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I pity the king who delivers himself into the hands of his own ministers. Such a one loses his character, and cannnot be respected by his subjects, or rather their subjects. But it is still worse when a person of mean extraction is raised to the throne, or to any place of power; he is generally cruell and tyrannicall