- Samoa’s Prime Minister has asked everyone attending the CHOGM on 21 October to dress casually
The King has been urged to drop the demand and adopt an “island atmosphere” when he attends a Commonwealth meeting in Samoa next month.
It comes as Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomia Mata’afa has asked all delegates attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on October 21 to dress up in costume.
The King could even return to the UK as head of the island, after a local mayor revealed plans to bestow an honorary title on the monarch.
The prime minister is understood to have been especially “candid” with Charles, known for his well-tailored and tailored suits, as he sought to prepare his royal visitors for the occasion.
She told The Telegraph: ‘October is very hot in Samoa. We really don’t like people wearing suits and being hot and uncomfortable.
The prime minister wants people to be “comfortable” in their clothes so delegates can have a “good meeting,” the newspaper reported.
The King has been urged to drop the demand and adopt an “island atmosphere” when he attends a Commonwealth meeting in Samoa next month. Pictured: King Charles during a visit to the Iworkrama rainforest in South America in 2000.
Pictured: Prince Charles during a visit to Papua New Guinea, wearing traditional dress.
King Charles opts for double-breasted, wide-lapel suits in navy or dark grey, often tailored by fashion industry experts including Anderson & Sheppard and Gieves & Hawkes.
In the summer months, the King often switches to shades of cream or beige and is rarely seen in anything other than a suit and tie.
He once said that it was his royal duty on royal tours abroad to showcase British craftsmanship and tailoring.
He is expected to keep the suit on his next visit to Australia and Samoa.
However, the King is known to embrace the local culture of his host country and even abandoned the tie on occasion.
In 2000, Charles was photographed wearing a headdress of hawk feathers and palm leaves during a visit to the Iworkrama rainforest in South America.
In 1977, the then-Prince of Wales was photographed wearing a full headdress when he became the Red Crow Indian Chief of the Blackfeet Nation during a visit to Alberta, Canada.
Pictured: Prince Charles in Guyana, South America, wearing garlands and a feather and palm leaf headdress.
Pictured: Prince Charles receives a traditional gold-embroidered blue velvet wedding suit during a trip to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, in 1996.
Pictured: Charles becomes Red Crow Indian Chief of the Blackfeet Nation during a visit to Canada on July 1, 1977.
The King wore a colorful tribal robe to honor the Ashanti tribe in 1977 during a visit to Kumasi, Ghana.
And she was presented with a traditional gold-embroidered blue velvet wedding suit during a trip to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, in 1996.
Meanwhile, local mayor Tofaeono Atuaia Kitiona revealed that the monarch could leave Samoa with a new title.
He told the Samoan Observer: “Given the king’s imminent arrival, it is only fitting that we confer upon him a chieftaincy title commensurate with his stature.”
He said the area where the King and Queen will be staying has its own traditional kings with ‘matai’ family head titles passed down from generation to generation.
Kitiona said his people were “deeply honoured” to welcome the King and Queen.
