Prince Charles and Camilla at Royal Welsh Show shake hands with Zulu warrior chiefs wielding shields and dressed in leopardskin
PRINCE Charles and Camilla were today seen shaking hands with Zulu warrior chiefs wielding shields and dressed in leopardskin.
The Prince of Wales appeared in high spirits as he and Camilla chatted to the warriors at the 100th Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells this morning.
This is Charles' first public appearance since he was seen fist-bumping a fan during a walkabout in Cornwall last week.
It's not clear whether the Prince of Wales gave a full three-part traditional Zulu handshake to his friends.
The show was opened by 15 members of the Zulu regiment performing a traditional Impi warrior dance in front of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu and Queen Pumi, head of the Zulu nation.
Their meeting marks 140 years since the Anglo-Zulu war of 1979, when members of the now Royal Welsh regiment fought at Rorke's drift.
Charles and Camilla were invited to watch a mock re-enactment of the battle, immortalised in the film 1964 Zulu starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker, when 150 British soldiers held off 4,000 warrior tribesmen.
The Zulu are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa and the largest ethnic group of South Africa, with an estimated 10-12 million people living in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
During the tour the couple were also due to open a new garden, tour the cattle rings and unveil the showground's new equine arena.
More than 200,000 people are expected to attend show over the next three days.
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