King Charles hosts Bahrain’s Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa at Buckingham Palace for troop inspection and tea
It was a meeting of two kingdoms at Windsor Castle early this morning as King Charles welcomed Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain at his royal household.
The UK monarch is hosting the King of Bahrain, who is in the UK to mark the year of his silver jubilee.
Hamad and Charles embraced each other before Bahrain’s king made a royal inspection of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards before a royal march past. The pair then retired for tea at the castle
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Meanwhile another royal from the Middle East has made headlines with comments on the ongoing conflict in the volatile region, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide”.
In what is being seen as the strongest condemnation coming from a Saudi official since the start of the 13-month long war, the Prince also used his address at a summit of Muslim and Arab leaders to slam Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for its aggression against Lebanon and Iran.
The de facto Saudi leader also warned Netanyahu against any further strikes on Iranian soil, a comment seen as further evidence of closer ties between Riyadh and Tehran. Saudi Arabia and Iran have long been viewed as fierce rivals in the region.
