King Charles Sets Off on Nine-Day Caribbean Tour

King Charles left the UK on 27 October 2026 for a nine-day tour of the Caribbean, which starts in the Bahamas and ends on 4 November in Antigua and Barbuda.

The tour covers three countries: the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda. The King travels alone for the Bahamas and Guyana legs. Queen Camilla joins him for the Antigua and Barbuda leg, which includes the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, or CHOGM, a gathering of leaders from the Commonwealth, the association of countries that were mostly once part of the British Empire. The tour arrives in the Bahamas on 28 October, according to Royal Central.

In the Bahamas, Buckingham Palace said the programme will celebrate "the communities, people and natural beauty" of the islands. One of the first events in Nassau is a youth rally marking young people's contribution to national life. The King will also visit a site run by the Bahamian National Trust, a conservation body, to hear about habitat restoration and wildlife protection. He will see the Royal Bahamas Defence Force at its Coral Harbour base and visit Parliament Square.

The Bahamas stop also includes a Junkanoo parade, a traditional street procession with music and colourful costume that is a long-standing part of Bahamian celebrations. The King will watch it and host a garden reception for community leaders.

In Guyana, the King will visit a Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, where the war dead of Commonwealth countries are commemorated. He will also attend the Global Biodiversity Alliance Conference, which brings together people working on the variety of plant and animal life. He will spend time with the National Toshaos Council to recognise the country's indigenous communities.

The Antigua and Barbuda leg has a busy shared schedule. The King and Queen Camilla will attend the Independence Day Parade, a church service, and the opening session and dinner of CHOGM. Separately, the Queen will visit an American university and a school, while the King will meet business leaders at the Sticky Wicket Business Forum.

The slavery issue is likely to be part of the trip. In early October, Buckingham Palace said the King would not shy away from the subject during the Caribbean tour, according to Reuters. Reuters, reporting on the tour's departure, linked the visit to growing calls for slavery reparations, payments made to compensate for past wrongs. The Reuters report on the departure sets out the wider context.

For visitors and local residents, the schedule means the King will be in public across three islands and one mainland country over a little more than a week. Parade routes, church services and conference sessions are the kind of events where crowds gather, so local travel plans may shift during the visit.

The tour ends on 4 November with the King's departure from Antigua and Barbuda.