Duke of Edinburgh Prince Edward in Mumbai: First Royal visit to India since 2019

According to a connection by the authorities of the UK Sunday, “His Royal Highness volition question to Mumbai and Delhi to beforehand The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, delivered arsenic The International Award for Young People (IAYP) successful India.”

The connection besides said that successful summation to gathering the members of the government, His Royal Highness is scheduled to undertake varied engagements spanning the breadth of the surviving span that connects the UK and India. “This includes discussions with Indian acquisition and concern leaders and philanthropists, and joining events that observe our shared emotion for athletics and the arts,” it added.

Lindy Cameron, British High Commissioner to India, called the sojourn “an important reminder of the vibrant and enduring links betwixt our countries, including done a 1.7 million-strong Indian diaspora successful the UK”. The UK-India concern is helping thrust solutions to immoderate of the world’s astir pressing issues, Cameron said.

On Sunday, The Duke met Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan successful Mumbai. Later, successful a station connected X, Radhakrishnan shared a photograph of the meeting, and said, “Delighted to invited and conscionable His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Edward contiguous astatine Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. Presented His Royal Highness the representation of our Great Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.”

The Duke besides visited a cricket stadium. This marks the archetypal royal sojourn to India since King Charles III, past Prince of Wales, visited successful November 2019. Prince Edward is King Charles’ member and the youngest kid of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the precocious Duke of Edinburgh. He past visited India successful 2018. However, this is his archetypal authoritative sojourn to India aft being conferred the Dukedom of Edinburgh successful 2023.

At the decision of the sojourn to India connected Tuesday, The Duke volition question connected to articulation The Duchess of Edinburgh successful visiting Nepal.

Since its inception successful India successful 1962, the IAYP has helped much than 150,000 students from 325 schools and acquisition institutions crossed the country.