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Buckingham palace updates on King Charles, Queen Camilla's cultural stop

King Charles and Queen Camilla celebrate Irish culture in Belfast

Published May 19, 2026
Buckingham palace updates on King Charles, Queen Camilla's cultural stop

King Charles and Queen Camilla began their annual visit to Northern Ireland with a cultural stop in Belfast.

The King and Queen received a lively musical welcome during their visit. Buckingham palace dropped a video clip from the royal couple's visit via official Instagram handle of the British royal family.

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The video clip showed Charles and Camilla visiting Thompson Dock, where they were introduced to showcase celebrating traditional Irish music, dance and culture ahead of this year's Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann festival.

The details in the caption read: "A lively welcome to Belfast!"

"Kicking off their annual visit to Northern Ireland, The King and Queen joined a showcase of music and culture at Thompson Dock in Belfast," the palace wrote further.

Adding, "Founded in 1951, The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is widely regarded as the world’s largest annual festival of traditional Irish music, song and dance. This August, the Fleadh will come to Belfast for the first time."

"The King and Queen also heard about Titanic Distillers’s whisky-making process. The distillery is housed within the restored Edwardian pumphouse that helped launch the famous ship," they concluded.

This comes after King Charles had a meeting with President of Ireland at Buckingham palace on Monday. In the photograph shared by the palace at the time, Charles and Catherine Connolly shaking hands and posing for photo.

Syeda Waniya
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