King Charles nearly falls while laying wreath at Kariokor
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King Charles nearly falls as he trips on artificial grass at Kariokor Cemetery during visit to Kenya with Queen Camilla
King Charles nearly falls as he trips on artificial grass at Kariokor Cemetery during visit to Kenya with Queen Camilla.
On Wednesday, there was yet another mishap at Kariokor Cemetery when King Charles III nearly went down during the wreath-laying ceremony at the war memorial cemetery.
The couple were visiting a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Nairobi when the incident took place this morning.
Charles was being guided from one artificial grass walkway to another when he caught a foot under one of the mats.
Footage shows the monarch, 74, briefly losing his footing as Camilla, 76, reaches out to grab hold of him.
He quickly rights himself and smoothly puts on his sunglasses to continue the walk.
Shortly afterwards, the King and Queen took part in an act of remembrance alongside British and Kenyan troops.
King Charles was seen looking down as he crossed the same divide between the two mats to ensure he didn’t trip again.
The cemetery they visited is linked to the Carrier Corps of World War I and became known as ‘Kariokor’.
Most of the Kariokor casualties were not individually commemorated, and their contribution was largely overlooked.
In a highly emotional moment during the cemetery visit, King Charles placed a medal on the chest of a brave 117-year-old Kenyan soldier.
Veteran Corporal Samwel Nthigai Mburia – who claims to have been born in 1906 and is understood to be one of the world’s oldest people – served in the British Army during World War II.
Charles told him: ‘You’re amazing. You set us a great example. You must have been living on wild locusts and honey.’
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During the period of the Mau Mau rebellion, many Kenyan army veterans who fought alongside the British disposed of their medals to avoid being seen as collaborators.
Speaking through his daughter, Idah Kagweni, 54, the veteran said: ‘I am so happy and proud to be receiving my medals from the King. ‘ Among the medals he received was the Burma Star for his service in the Royal Engineers.
Idah said that during the time of the Mau Mau rebellion some ex soldiers threw their medals in the sea or they hid them and haven’t been able to find them.
‘They were fearful to be found with those medals because of the Mau Mau,’ the veteran explained. He claims to be 117, which is said to have been verified by officials.
The other veterans who were presented with replacement medals were Private John Kavai, Private Kefa Chagira and Private Ezekiel Nyanjom Anyange.
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