Here are some photos of King Charles and Queen Camilla during the final few days of their Caribbean Flop Tour. To be fair, Charles was solo for the Flop Tour for most of last week, and Camilla only joined him over the weekend in Antigua and Barbuda. As soon as Camilla arrived, she began making a horse’s ass out of herself on the world stage, thus proving why she “skipped” the first half of the tour in the first place. Many commenters suggested that there’s something medically wrong with Camilla, which… could be. I also think that regardless of whatever undisclosed medical condition she may or may not have, she’s also just a terrible person who is bad at being a queen consort or a soft-diplomat.
Anyway, Charles and Camilla departed Antigua on Wednesday and I imagine we won’t see them until the Remembrance events this weekend. They’ll both need to recover, because they both seemed to heavily struggle with the jet lag, travel and schedule of this flop tour. Charles managed to make his big speech where he did NOT apologize for slavery, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham sort of stole Charles’ thunder by changing tack mid-tour on the issues of apologies and reparations. Several of the local leaders in the Caribbean also had a lot of sh-t to say to Charles’ face on these issues. It’s hard to escape the feeling that Charles is getting hammered from all sides – historically unpopular at home, beset by family difficulties and unable to complete a successful, low-drama tour to Commonwealth countries. Speaking of, Phil Dampier had something to say about the multiple dramas overshadowing Charles at every turn:
Royal expert Phil Dampier has noted just how much Charles has had to contend with since taking over the throne. He told the Daily Mail: “It was always going to be a difficult act to follow, his mother, after a 70-year reign, but he took to it like a duck to water and stamped his authority in the first week. It was all going well, and all these problems and challenges have come along subsequently. The main one is him getting cancer and Kate getting cancer as well, so that was a double blow for them.”
“Then there’s been all the family problems with Harry and Meghan’s laundry airing and the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor scandal. Some of these things have been brewing for years, but I don’t think he could have anticipated that they would have blown up so big.”
Phil believes that the key to Charles overcoming these challenges has been his wife, Queen Camilla. “None of these challenges have derailed the King’s reign and he’s had to be very resilient, but he has a very strong support system in his wife, without her I think he would struggle. Camilla is such a strong support behind the scenes which is her main role, she has kept him sane and is helping him to navigate each crisis.”
I mean… we can see for ourselves that Camilla isn’t actually some great support to Charles. She’s a huge liability across the board, bringing out his worst instincts privately, encouraging and orchestrating his familial estrangements, and making him look terrible internationally. It feels like Diana’s ultimate revenge that Charles’ reign has been beset by so many “problems.”
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla depart Antigua and Barbuda following their attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2026 Featuring: Queen Camilla Where: St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda When: 04 Nov 2026 Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla during a visit to a beach in St. John’s, Antigua, to meet youth-led environmental organisations and community groups working to protect the coastline through conservation, education and beach-cleaning initiatives, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) Featuring: Queen Camilla, King Charles III Where: Antigua and Barbuda When: 03 Nov 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla pose for a picture with young swimmers during a visit to a beach in St. John’s, Antigua, to meet youth-led environmental organisations and community groups working to protect the coastline through conservation, education and beach-cleaning initiatives, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) Featuring: Queen Camilla, King Charles III Where: Antigua and Barbuda When: 03 Nov 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Camilla poses with a two Cultural Heritage Pageant girls during a visit to Princess Margaret School in St John’s, Antigua, to meet students participating in a Commonwealth writing workshop through the Queen’s Commonwealth Writing Competition, during her visit to Antigua for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) Featuring: Queen Camilla Where: St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda When: 03 Nov 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Dinner in Soldier´s Bay near St John´s, Antigua Featuring: Queen Camilla, King Charles III Where: St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda When: 03 Nov 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave as they depart Antigua and Barbuda following their attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2026 Featuring: King Charles III, Queen Camilla Where: St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda When: 04 Nov 2026 Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Ridiculous argument KC has against apologising is that it was something that was done by his ancestors. By that logic all of their wealth and power which they inherited from their ancestors should be returned then. If you want to be king by ancestral right, pay for the crimes of those same ancestors.
Only the wealth and status get inherited, don’tch’ya know… not the guilt/ liability.
William and Kate’s tour made it clear the royals were unwelcome. Charles was so arrogant to think his tour would be a success.
I think camilla spends a lot of time at raymill. And it is really disturbing how the media keeps trying to put the sussexes in the same category as andrew. Harry and meghan could have been great support to charles if he had not driven them out
Charles did better imo on the tour when camilla was not there. What with the umbrella episode and all that
Am I the only one that has heard the rumors that all is not well in that lavender marriage? There have been tiny rumblings for months that Camilla’s kids’ trust funds have been “rethought”. Camilla, as someone said above, has been living almost entirely at Ray Mill House. Camilla was only notified at the last minute about H&M’s invite to tea. This isn’t to say that Camilla isn’t a drunk and a horrid human (she clearly is) or that Camilla doesn’t have signs of dementia (possibly). It is just to say that all may not be happy in that marriage.
Haha… the kid in the middle to the left of Cam looks like he’s being captured…
LOL, he does.
They’re all so adorable … and then there are those weird white people in the middle.
Contrary to what this particular strap-hanger on the “carnival of so-called experts” opines, the one quality that Charles does *not* have, is authority. Because people with self-pity and temper issues prone to periodic huffing and puffing and tantrums, consumed with resentment of all around them, rarely hold their own self-respect, let alone the respect of others. Camilla enables and indulges his self-righteous bunk. She looks like a sad clown. My god, these two. It’s like Iago married Othello.
“It’s like Iago married Othello.”
LOL. Perfect description. *chef’s kiss*
I have come to the conclusion that Charles and Camilla have an arrangement not a marriage. They were forced together because they destroyed their marriages and reputations which was made worse by Diana’s death.
The only justification Charles had for destroying his marriage with Diana, was Camilla being the secret love of his life. He eventually had to marry her to keep up the image of him as a guy following his heart… So now he has his love for all his life. Enjoy, Your Majesty, enjoy!
All these former colonies need to stop cooperating with these bs tours. It’s 2026, not 1956! It’s such a cringe look to see them bestow such deference to people who don’t deserve it.
I dunno, I kinda think it was worth it to see Peg and Wig get told off on live TV without even being allowed to sit down. If all the tours were like that it’d be fun.
Charles could not have anticipated the Andrew scandal would blow up so big? Why, because he thought his Mom took care of it?
Interesting how they are trying to pretend that Charles is a fine king but is being besieged with bad luck. As I see, Liz was a messy queen but an absolute master at sweeping things under the rug.
Charles on the other hand is an overgrown, spoiled rotten toddler who delights in the company of vulgar, evil people like Camilla, Andrew, and Jimmy Savile. He had Liz’s weaponized PR machine, but used it to paint his whorse queen in a more favorable light than his graceful and competent child bride.
There was no way this was going to end well and most of us saw that on day one.
“Whorse Queen” – clever!
Apparently the poor thing only brought the one wig, which was wrecked by the rain. And couldn’t get through an engagement with her shoes on.
I didn’t expect much of this tour, but OMG. DF ran something on the sausage fingers. Meanwhile, the two of them out there walking around grinning.
Side Chick must be so relieved! She doesn’t do well around Black people. She can’t hide her bigotry. She doesn’t even try.
@Beverly 💯 on point. The silly mare has long passed usefulness to the monarchy and is an embarrassing liability to the institution. Urgent decision to immediately retire and put out to spend the remaining time cantering around in meadows/ pastures, far away from contact with decent human beings and in particular black/brown people.
That blurb that Dampier said was confusing.
“It was always going to be a difficult act to follow, his mother, after a 70-year reign, but he took to it like a duck to water and stamped his authority in the first week.”
LOL at “stamped” in reference to the foot-stamping, pen-throwing king.
And that top photo of Camilla … Diana is getting her revenge, for sure.
I think part of the issue – their personality issues aside – is that these types of tours just feel so dated and out of touch. They reek of colonialism, and the white overlords coming to inspect their underlings and make sure they’re following orders etc. So while this tour might have been deemed a success 40 years ago (well not with Camilla and the umbrella but in general lol), it is not a success in 2026. The royal family can keep visiting other countries, but they need to change how they arrange and plan these trips. (calling them trips or visits instead of “royal tours” might a good start.) They’re using a playbook that has long been outdated and problematic.
This is an excellent point. They need to change the structure as well as the optics of these visits. It shouldn’t be the king and queen standing resplendent in their finery while the “little people” flock around like accessories. Instead, it should be more like actual diplomatic missions: sitting at a round table, listening and learning. Working with and alongside people, not sitting back and letting them perform for you.