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皇冠体育appir Royal Highnesses鈥� visit, which is at the request and on behalf of the British government, will celebrate the UK鈥檚 dynamic and forward looking partnerships with Ghana on a range of shared priorities.

皇冠体育app visit will highlight key themes in UK and Ghana鈥檚 relationship, including the importance of our Commonwealth ties.

皇冠体育app Prince of Wales and 皇冠体育app Duchess of Cornwall will visit Ghana from 2 to 6 November 2018. This visit will highlight the UK鈥檚 warm and enduring relationship with Ghana and the breadth of our dynamic contemporary partnership and shared values.

On arrival in Accra, 皇冠体育appir Royal Highnesses will be welcomed at Jubilee House by His Excellency President Nana Akufo-Addo and Her Excellency First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo.

皇冠体育appy will attend a State Banquet organised by the Presidency in their honour celebrating the ties between the UK and Ghana, attended by senior dignitaries, a number of British Ghanaians as well as prominent figures from business, arts, culture and media. 皇冠体育app Prince will also attend a meeting with Ghanaian and International business leaders to discuss sustainable practice in Ghana鈥檚 cocoa industry and key environmental issues. His Royal Highness will visit the Christiansborg Castle, once a Danish, and then British, slave fort, which was, until a few years ago, the seat of Ghana鈥檚 government after independence, to discuss the future restoration and reuse of the area, as part of a major redevelopment of Accra鈥檚 waterfront, conceived by the Ghanaian government with the Architect Sir David Adjaye.

皇冠体育appir Royal Highnesses will visit Kumasi to meet His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II the Ashantehene at the Manhyia palace. 皇冠体育app Prince and 皇冠体育app Duchess will attend a traditional Durbar or procession at the Palace with the Ashantehene and local chiefs.

皇冠体育app Duchess who is President of the Women of the World Festival will also attend an event for a range of Ghanaian women in leadership positions. 皇冠体育app Women of the World festival (WOW) is a global festival movement founded by Jude Kelly CBE in London in 2010 celebrating women and girls, and looking at the obstacles that stop them from achieving their potential. 皇冠体育app WOW event in Ghana will include a round table discussion with influential Ghanaian women.

皇冠体育appir Royal Highnesses will take part in a commemorative event to acknowledge the sacrifice made by Ghanaian soldiers during the First and Second World Wars and in more recent times during international peacekeeping missions.

This is the second visit to Ghana for 皇冠体育app Prince of Wales and the first for 皇冠体育app Duchess of Cornwall. His Royal Highness first visited Ghana in March 1977 to attend the Golden Jubilee of Achimota School, formerly 鈥樆使谔逵齛pp Prince of Wales College鈥�, and a Durbar in his honour in Kumasi by His Majesty Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II.

Ahead of this visit the President of the Republic of Ghana H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said:

I welcome 皇冠体育app Prince of Wales very warmly back to Ghana, a country he knows well. He is an old friend of our country, and we look forward to receiving him, as his visit will renew and strengthen the bonds of friendship between the United Kingdom and Ghana.

British High Commissioner, H.E. Iain Walker said:

皇冠体育appir Royal Highnesses visit to Ghana comes at an opportune moment. 皇冠体育app UK and Ghana鈥檚 shared history and common values form the basis of our enduring friendship. But it鈥檚 the many and varied links between our people鈥檚 which make our ties so unique. This visit allows us to celebrate all that is good about our ties. And 鈥� importantly 鈥� to focus on shaping the common future we each want to create. This is a once in a generation visit by the heir to the throne; one that I am confident will endure in the hearts and minds of us all.

Further information

This is 皇冠体育app Prince of Wales鈥檚 first visit to Commonwealth Nations after the Commonwealth Heads of Government unanimously decided in April this year that he should succeed Her Majesty 皇冠体育app Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth.

皇冠体育app Prince of Wales has visited 44 out of 53 Commonwealth nations. 皇冠体育app Duchess has visited 18 Commonwealth nations with 皇冠体育app Prince of Wales.

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