King Charles on a 'long-standing mission' says Cameron Walker as royal makes personal visit to Southport

King Charles on a 'long-standing mission' says Cameron Walker as royal makes personal visit to Southport

King's 'mission' is to 'get communities talking' in wake of Southport stabbings

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Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 20/08/2024

- 14:09

The King is visiting the victims of the Southport stabbings tomorrow

King Charles has a "mission" after the Southport stabbing, according to GB News Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker.

The monarch will meet the victims of the horrific incident tomorrow to offer his support and condolences to the families.



Three young girls lost their lives after they were attacked with a knife whilst attending a Taylor-Swift-themed dance class at the end of July and eight other children were injured.

Speaking on GB News, Cameron said The King has "a mission" to make sure "communities are talking to each other" in the wake of the event.

King CharlesKing Charles is expected to meet the bereaved families from Southport following a mass stabbing on July 29Getty

Speaking to GB News, Cameron said ahead of the visit: "Buckingham Palace has confirmed that The King is interrupting his holiday and will be travelling down here to Southport to continue to show his support to communities here.

"On the day of the attack, the King expressed his shock at the utterly horrific incident and expressed his heartfelt condolences and prayers to the victims and their families.

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"Since then, he's been keeping an incredibly close eye on the situation in Southport and the subsequent riots. In fact, he asked to be given daily updates from various organisations.

"He had a phone call with the Prime Minister as well as the National Police Chiefs Council, among others. So later on today, the King is expected to arrive at the town hall in Southport.

"It's there where he is expected to be meeting survivors from that Taylor Swift's themed dance class and their families, as well as some of the other members of the local community.

"I can see crash barriers have been set up outside the town hall, which suggests to me that he may be wanting to meet ordinary members of the public here, local communities.

Cameron Walker

Cameron Walker said the King has a "mission"

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"Of course, that's not been confirmed by Buckingham Palace, but I wouldn't be surprised if that does indeed happen following his visits to the town hall.

"The King is going to be going to the local community fire station here in Southport, where he will be meeting emergency service workers who responded to the initial attack on the 29th of July, but also had to respond to the riots which were sparked by that attack.

"So he's going to be meeting police, fire and ambulance workers, as well as leaders from local faith groups here in Southport. If you remember, there was violent disorder outside of a mosque in Southport."

Cameron explained that the King has a "long-standing mission" to connect community leaders of all faiths and will be doing this at the fire station in Southport.

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The King broke his holiday in Balmoral to see the families

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He said: "The King has a long-standing mission, I suppose even when he was Prince of Wales, to talk about community cohesion and getting different faith leaders to talk to each other and dialogue between different faiths and to keep the peace essentially. So I can imagine that's going to be a key theme of today."

Violence and disorder broke out across the UK after the three girls were killed and false information was spread online that stated the suspect was an immigrant.

Charles has broken off his summer holiday to visit Southport today and will be making a quick trip to London tomorrow to welcome the victims families in Buckingham Palace.

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