Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan are beginning a three-day state visit to the UK. They will receive a ceremonial welcome and a carriage ride up the Mall, with a state banquet hosted by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. But because of the general-election campaign, the Japanese royal couple will not make a […]
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Dutch king and queen get a red-carpet welcome in Georgia, and a chance to show off their dance moves
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The king and queen of the Netherlands on Tuesday received a red-carpet welcome from Savannah’s mayor, chatted with crane operators on the dock of one of America’s busiest seaports and danced onstage with students from Georgia’s oldest historically Black college. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima spent the second day of their […]
China’s Xi gets red-carpet welcome in Serbia
The red flags start at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport and run all the way along the motorway into the centre of Serbia’s capital. This is Serbia’s way of showing that it is proud of its “ironclad friendship” with China – and welcoming Xi Jinping to Belgrade. At the Western City Gate, more commonly known as […]