Okay! So today’s agenda was traveling to Chitral, in northern Pakistan, both because it’s gorgeous there, and to view the effects of climate change and visit a local village.
This is really neat:
And here is some video from the helicopter route William and Kate are taking this morning in the Hindu Kush #RoyalVisitPakistan pic.twitter.com/p4S1f5Kngn
— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) October 16, 2019
I have to say, this would be one of the most amazing parts of marrying into the royal family, to me. Getting to see these parts of the world, and experience this kind of exposure to another culture, is truly a blessing. (It’s obviously a privilege for those born into the royal family as well, but it’s also business as usual for them. On the other hand, if you’re Kate or Meghan [or Bex Porter], it would be a massive change and a very exciting one, I’d think.)
In the Kalash village W&K were warmly welcomed and given a traditional hat (him) & headdress (her) which they both wore throughout the dance performance. Chatting to ladies afterwards Kate introduced “my husband William. I’m sorry he didn’t dance too!” banter today #daddancing pic.twitter.com/5qXB1OoZCk
— Emily Andrews (@byEmilyAndrews) October 16, 2019
There has been a lot of talk lately about how the royal family’s use of private jets, etc, is impacting the climate crisis (and I think that is legit), but both Harry and William have been talking about climate change a lot lately (and Charles has been an environmentalist since it was considered weird and dorky) and I think that the more people who talk about it, the better.
„It was really important to come to Pakistan to use our voice to talk about the issues of climate change.“#DukeandDuchessofCambridge #RoyalVisitPakistan pic.twitter.com/eb0xzfu9vi
— Christin Zi (@PackhamGown) October 16, 2019
This is all very interesting, and these photos are amazing:
At a glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range, in the Chitral District of Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkwa Province, The Duke and Duchess walked around the northern tip of the glacier, and saw how it has retreated in recent years as a result of global warming. #RoyalVisitPakistan pic.twitter.com/eGTqwVhXg3
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) October 16, 2019
Clothing-wise, there was a lot of hiking, so we didn’t see anything too thrilling on Kate (she is, in fact, wearing the same vest she wore to hike in when they went to Bhutan; it must be filed under Hiking Vests in her closet). But we did get some neat traditional dress:
Great pic by Martin Keene of PA of Princess Diana in Chitral in 1991. Kate’s hat has peacock feathers while Diana’s looks like bird of prey #RoyalVisitPakistan pic.twitter.com/lNCjCsFayo
— Emily Andrews (@byEmilyAndrews) October 16, 2019
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