King Charles and Queen Camilla will be visiting Georgetown this October to participate in celebrations to mark 60 years of bilateral relations between the United Kingdom (UK) and Guyana. President Dr Irfaan Ali on Wednesday confirmed that His Majesty King Charles III has accepted the Guyana Government’s invitation and the request of the UK Government to visit Guyana in the latter part of October to mark 60 years of bilateral relations between the UK and Guyana. During the visit, King Charles will be accompanied by Queen Camilla. The visit will coincide with Their Majesties’ Autumn Tour announced by Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
According to the Palace, the tour will run from Tuesday, October 27 to Wednesday, November 4, 2026, and include a Royal Visit to The Bahamas, of which His Majesty is also Head of State, and then the State Visit to Georgetown. The British Royals will conclude the tour with a Royal Visit to Antigua and Barbuda to coincide with Their Majesties’ attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2026. “Their Majesties’ Autumn Tour will celebrate communities, cultures, and nature within the Commonwealth family,” Buckingham Palace said.
This will be the first visit to Georgetown by any member of the British Royal Family in nearly 10 years after Prince Harry’s December 2016 Caribbean tour that included Guyana. King Charles first visited Guyana in 2000 as then Prince of Wales, during which he became the patron of the Iwokrama International Centre, supporting its mission of sustainable forest management and research. In fact, His Majesty has been an active participant and supporter of Guyana’s work in climate, environment, forestry and more recently, biodiversity. Only in January of this year, President Ali had met with King Charles at Buckingham Palace, where they engaged in discussions on ongoing collaborations in the areas of environmental protection, biodiversity, and climate action. “King Charles has recommitted his support to Guyana, lauded the work that we’re doing, and we came up, of course, with the priorities in these areas, that we will pursue and I exchanged ideas of how best we can bring financing, we can look at a biodiversity model that is market-based…and importantly, one in which we can build an ecosystem around,” the Guyanese Leader had stated following the engagement earlier this year. Through The King’s Foundation, the British Monarch is also supporting the advancement of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 including a major urban planning and sustainability initiative for Georgetown. Developed in collaboration with national and local stakeholders, the Framework Plan sets out a long-term vision to transform the capital city into a resilient, connected and inclusive capital city that balances heritage protection with modern, low-carbon growth. Under this plan, some of the city’s most pressing challenges including drainage and flood resilience, transport and mobility, urban expansion and the protection of historic buildings will be addressed. Working alongside the Office of the President and other key national stakeholders, The King’s Foundation said back in May that it has helped shape a strategy that reimagines Georgetown as a garden city, supporting walkable neighbourhoods and revitalising its historic waterfront via seven major projects.
These include plans for a new sustainable Demonstration Town Canal City, to structure future urban growth, a heritage-led revitalisation of the Transport and Harbours Building, improvements to Georgetown’s historic Stabroek Market and the surrounding district and a strategy to regenerate the Water Street riverfront corridor. Other initiatives focus on creating healthier and more accessible streets for walking and cycling in Georgetown, as well as developing innovative architecture that integrates nature-based climate solutions, such as the proposed Biodiversity Demonstration Building. A key element of the programme is Harmony Village and the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge, planned in the rural community of Moraikobai. Inspired by His Majesty The King’s long-standing commitment to sustainable communities, the project will support Indigenous-led development through education, enterprise and training in areas such as sustainable farming, traditional medicine, craft production and ecological stewardship. The Harmony Village, amongst other projects in Guyana supported by The King’s Foundation, were recently showcased in the landmark documentary feature film Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision from Prime Video. Together, the projects demonstrate how sustainable design, heritage conservation and community-led development can work together to support Guyana’s low-carbon future, according to The King’s Foundation.
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