King jokes about rain at final Caribbean tour dinner

At a dinner in Antigua marking the end of his nine-day Caribbean tour, King Charles joked about footage of him caught in heavy rain. He also spoke about the Commonwealth and expressed sorrow over the transatlantic slave trade, without offering an apology.

• Charles joked that he might provide umbrellas for Commonwealth leaders, referring to footage of him caught in torrential rain at an Antigua and Barbuda independence celebration.· 1 source
• The dinner for presidents and prime ministers was the final event of a nine-day tour that included Guyana, the Bahamas and Antigua.· 1 source
• In a speech launching the summit, Charles described the slave trade as a source of profound sorrow but did not apologise. He also praised the Royal Navy’s role in enforcing abolition, after its earlier involvement in protecting slave-trading ships and sugar colonies reliant on enslaved labour.· 1 source
• Charles said the Commonwealth could offer an alternative to countries retreating behind higher barriers, and argued that a more divided world would be more fragile and dangerous.· 1 source
• Charles and Camilla were due to fly home aboard the ministerial jet Voyager after being seen off by Antigua’s governor-general and his wife.· 1 source