The Royal Visit to Guernsey

On Monday 15th July and Tuesday 16th July the Channel Islands played host to King Charles III and Queen Camilla, for their first visit since His Majesty's Accession to the throne.


The visit highlighted the special and historic relationship between the Channel Islands and the Crown which stretches back centuries.

The Royal couple started their visit in a rainy Jersey where the focus of the visit was on St Helier.

After an overnight stay at Government House they travelled to Guernsey where the weather was altogether sunnier!

Relive this historic occasion and take a look back at two days to remember: 

King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Jersey
Picture: Max Young/Channel 103

 

Take a look back at some of the King and Queen's previous visits to the Channel Islands:

Charles in the Channel Islands
In 2004, the Prince of Wales HRH was spending two days visiting the Channel Islands in celebration of the 800th anniversary of the ceding of the islands to the British Crown. He switched on the Queen's Holographic Portrait by artist Chris Levineon at the official unveiling at Jersey Museum. The Prince spent two days in the Channel Islands to celebrate their eight centuries of loyalty to the monarchy. In 1204, King John of England lost his possessions in Normandy but the Channel Islands decided

 

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