The hidden message in Queen Camilla's Caribbean banquet dress

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5 Nov 2026 • 2:32 AM MYT
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The hidden message in Queen Camilla's Caribbean banquet dress

  • Queen Camilla made a subtle nod to her host nation as she attended a dinner to celebrate the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda.
  • Camilla and her husband King Charles attended the dinner at the end of a multi-day tour of the Caribbean country, which was colonised by the English in the 1600s and remains a Commonwealth realm, with Charles as its head of state.
  • Camilla wore a white evening gown by British designer Anna Valentine; the embroidery on the bodice featured dagger logs, the national flower of Antigua and Barbuda, which is native to the Windward Islands.
  • The Queen paired the dress with a gold necklace and diamond and gold earrings, while the King wore black tie.
  • Antigua and Barbuda celebrated the 45th anniversary of its full independence on 1 November.
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