Prince Charles, Camilla Visit Broadbeach After Being Criticized For Commonwealth Games Behavior
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles are busy touring Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have several things to attend to while in the Land Down Under, so they are not slowing down despite the criticism they received after appearing "bored" and "uninterested" during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
On Thursday, Prince Charles and Camilla visited Broadbeach. The royal couple met the Wales team and their supporters. They also watched the Little Nippers, who demonstrated their surfing skills.
Finally at Broadbeach The Prince of Wales & The Duchess of Cornwall met the Commonwealth Games @TeamWales team & their supporters. @GC2018 #RoyalVisitAustralia pic.twitter.com/HHHY8oVJ7Q
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) April 5, 2018
“Little Nippers” gave a demonstration of the surf skills they are learning on Broadbeach. Queensland’s mainland coastline stretches 6,089km and there are more than 780 accessible beaches, with 30 million visits to Queensland’s public waterways each year. #RoyalVisitAustralia pic.twitter.com/tMxPjFceDo
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) April 5, 2018
Prince Charles and Camilla also made the most of their trip to the beach by walking along the shore. The Duchess even took off her shoes to go for a paddle and feel the sand on her feet. However, the Prince of Wales kept his brown suede shoes on while they strolled.
Daily Mail also shared photos of the couple engaging in different games. Prince Charles and Camilla played table tennis. The Duchess decided that the sport was something she would "leave to the professionals."
Camilla also tried the cue or billiard sports. The Duchess was evidently not familiar with it as she took some time to figure out how to use a cue.
Later that day, Camilla visited the Velodrome to see the preliminary and final races. She also presented medals for the women's team persuit.
Tonight The Duchess of Cornwall visited the @AnnaMeares Velodrome to see some of the preliminary and final races, as well as give out some medals🏅#CommonwealthGames2018 #GoldCoast2018 @GC2018 pic.twitter.com/UAm5dKVaZ9
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) April 5, 2018
Next, The Duchess presented medals for the Women's Team Persuit to: @CommGamesAUS 🥇
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) April 5, 2018
Team New Zealand🥈 (@nzolympics) and @TeamCanada 🥉
Well done all! #RoyalVisitAustralia #CommonwealthGames2018 #gc2018 pic.twitter.com/VNMb9DDRgK
On the other hand, Prince Charles visited the Optus Aquatic Centre to present the medals for the men's para-sport 200 meter freestyle and women's 200 meter freestyle. The Prince of Wales also met Olympic swimmer Sam Riley.
Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales tonight visited the Optus Aquatic Centre 🏊♂️ to present the medals for the Men’s Para-Sport 200m Freestyle.
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) April 5, 2018
Well done to:
England’s @tomhamerS14 who won gold. 🥇
And congratulations to all the other athletes competing. #CommonwealthGames2018 pic.twitter.com/TdkAg2Yzws
The Prince also presented the medals for the Women’s 200m Freestyle. 🏊♂️
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) April 5, 2018
Congratulations to Canada’s @taylor_ruck and all of the other athletes who have competed. #CommonwealthGames2018 #GC2018 pic.twitter.com/k3s9RmAJft
The Prince of Wales also met Olympic swimmer Sam Riley tonight in what has been Day 2 of the #RoyalVisitAustralia & #RoyalVisitaVanuatu #CommonwealthGames2018 #gc2018 pic.twitter.com/tEWMVrZHfl
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) April 5, 2018
Prior to the outing, Prince Charles and Camilla attended the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. However, many spectators were not pleased after seeing them looking bored and miserable during the event. A number of netizens aired their disappointment on Twitter.
"Disgraceful showing by the royals, especially Camilla who is not even trying to look interested. I'm sure Diana would not have been flicking through a magazine whilst being formally welcomed. #OpeningCeremony," Lisa Auciello wrote.
"Prince Charles and Camilla watching the opening ceremony like, 'I'm not sure this was really worth a free trip to Australia, do you?'" Aussie Julie wrote.
"I guess they were sick of being boring in the UK...So came to be bored here...," Warren posted.
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