King Charles and Queen Camilla have attended a farewell ceremony in Samoa as the royal couple prepare for their UK return.
The King and Queen arrived for a farewell ceremony at Siumu Village on the final day of their royal visit to Australia and Samoa.
During the ceremony, the King, 75, was conferred with an honorary title - "To'aiga-o-Tumua of the village of Siumu".
Their Majesties' tour of Samoa ended with downpour, similarly to how they arrived in Sydney seven days ago.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for a farewell ceremony at Siumu Village
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According to villagers in Samoa, the rain was viewed as a blessing from the royal guests to help with the harvest.
Overall, the King and Queen's tour of the South Pacific was a huge success.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Sydney on the couple's final day in Australia, eager to see King Charles and Queen Camilla, set against the iconic Opera House.
For Buckingham Palace, this was likely the ideal ending to the royal tour of Australia.
King Charles and Queen Camilla perform final engagement in Samoa as royal couple prepare to return to UK
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Despite a headline-grabbing protest in Canberra on Monday, the public mood on the ground in Sydney was supportive.
Back in February, it was uncertain whether or not the tour would happen with the King's cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment.
But it stayed in the diary with modifications on the advice of doctors.
The duration of this visit has been shorter and the engagements have been arranged to avoid early starts and late finishes.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to return to the UK after a successful tour
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Villagers sat in the rain as they watched King Charles's farewell ceremony
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Even with the alterations, it has still been a busy schedule for the King and Queen.
On Tuesday alone the royal couple between them visited a National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, a food bank, a social housing project, a literacy initiative, a community barbecue, meeting two leading cancer researchers, celebrating the Sydney Opera House's 50th anniversary, and a naval review in Sydney Harbour.
In Samoa, the monarch delivered a powerful speech at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Amid growing calls for reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade, the King appeared to tackle the contentious issue by saying "None of us can change the past".
