LION KING

Prince Charles and Camilla have roaring time as they celebrate Chinese New Year

By Matt Wilkinson

1st February 2022, 10:47 pm

Updated: 10th January 2023, 10:06 am

CHARLES and Camilla have a roaring good time as they help celebrate the Chinese New Year.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall — wearing red to bring good fortune — joined the party in London’s Chinatown yesterday to usher in the Year of the Tiger.

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The royal couple took part in a traditional ceremony to ‘awaken’ two dancing lions by painting eyes, tongue and spine, on two larger-than-life lion puppets

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The visit was designed as a boost to the community, whose businesses have suffered during the Covid lockdown

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Camilla wore a red dress by Fiona Clare, the colour symbolising good luck in the Lunar New Year

They wrote a Chinese symbol for “harmony” and Charles bashed a drum as lions danced.

The visit was designed as a boost to the community, whose businesses have suffered in Covid lockdown and whose members have endured rising racist abuse as a result of the pandemic.

Camilla wore a red dress by Fiona Clare, the colour symbolising good luck in the Lunar New Year, and both were draped in a red scarf as acrobats performed.

They took part in a traditional ceremony to “awaken” two dancing lions by painting eyes, tongue and spine, on two larger-than-life lion puppets.