Harry wants to give a spotlight to Nepal after the 2015 earthquake.
The younger Prince of Wales arrived in Nepal on Saturday March 19th as part of a five-day trip on behalf of the British Government of his grandmother Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Received from the first day by the President of Bidhya Devi Bhandari country and Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, Prince Harry visited the next day Patan Durbar Square on the outskirts of Kathmandu, a site World Heritage of Unesco hit hard by the earthquake of 2015. He also met, in conjunction with the Red Cross, displaced families who are still housed in makeshift camps in the city of Bhaktapur.
March 19th:
It was an uncommon reception committee waiting Prince Harry this March 20th in Kathmandu. Wearing the same traditional dress, five young women handed him to turn around a bunch while the fifth passed her a necklace of orange flowers around his neck. "The Telegraph" says all five were virgins ages 17 to 25, as the older uses of this traditional ceremony in a sign of luck and purity. British newspaper reports that one of them then said about the prince thirty: "I had seen him before on television, I was really excited to meet him and I wondered how it would be." The girl of 18 years added: "We were panicked when he was in front of us, but it was a very happy time. We welcome him to Nepal with open hearts and hope he enjoys his visit. "
Prince Harry's Nepal visit takes place on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Sugauli, who signed in 1816, peace between Nepal and the British Empire. It also allows the grand-son of the sovereign to see how the country rebuilds after the devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred in Kathmandu in April 2015, which caused more than 9000 dead and over 23,000 injured. The prince also wished by the media reach of his stay, offer a spotlight on the Nepalese people still affected by the disaster.
Photo Credit: Paris Match
The younger Prince of Wales arrived in Nepal on Saturday March 19th as part of a five-day trip on behalf of the British Government of his grandmother Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Received from the first day by the President of Bidhya Devi Bhandari country and Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, Prince Harry visited the next day Patan Durbar Square on the outskirts of Kathmandu, a site World Heritage of Unesco hit hard by the earthquake of 2015. He also met, in conjunction with the Red Cross, displaced families who are still housed in makeshift camps in the city of Bhaktapur.
March 19th:
It was an uncommon reception committee waiting Prince Harry this March 20th in Kathmandu. Wearing the same traditional dress, five young women handed him to turn around a bunch while the fifth passed her a necklace of orange flowers around his neck. "The Telegraph" says all five were virgins ages 17 to 25, as the older uses of this traditional ceremony in a sign of luck and purity. British newspaper reports that one of them then said about the prince thirty: "I had seen him before on television, I was really excited to meet him and I wondered how it would be." The girl of 18 years added: "We were panicked when he was in front of us, but it was a very happy time. We welcome him to Nepal with open hearts and hope he enjoys his visit. "
Prince Harry's Nepal visit takes place on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Sugauli, who signed in 1816, peace between Nepal and the British Empire. It also allows the grand-son of the sovereign to see how the country rebuilds after the devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred in Kathmandu in April 2015, which caused more than 9000 dead and over 23,000 injured. The prince also wished by the media reach of his stay, offer a spotlight on the Nepalese people still affected by the disaster.
Photo Credit: Paris Match
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