Security alert briefly interrupts King’s Jersey visit
The King and Queen have been pulled away by aides after concerns during a visit to the Jersey Expo Photo: AAP
A security alert has briefly interrupted the King and Queen’s trip to the Channel Island of Jersey, although the royal couple were able to resume their visit shortly afterwards.
The royals were visiting the Jersey Expo event when they were pulled away by royal aides after a small issue of concern was raised.
Footage shows one of royal entourage speaking to the Queen, and gently ushering her away while she continues to eat an ice-cream.
It soon transpired to be a false alarm and the program of events resumed on Monday after a brief pause.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
The PA news agency reported a member of the monarch’s visit team raised a concern. However, after investigation it turned out to be a false alarm.
A full background check was done and the program resumed.
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The King and Queen travelled to Jersey as part of their first visit to the Channel Islands – which are Crown Dependencies off the north-west coast of France – since he acceded to the throne.
The couple kicked off their tour by attending a special sitting of the States Assembly and the Royal Court.
The crowd braved heavy showers and roared as the King and Queen arrived in a purple Bentley.
Following a prayer in French, five of the islands’ senior seigneurs paid homage to the King. This included the giving of locally laid duck eggs as a symbol of sustenance.
The royal couple then stopped to greet the public as they made their way to the open air expo, an event that focused on the island’s agriculture and fishing industries.
The royals will travel to the neighbouring island of Guernsey on Tuesday.
The King is known as the Duke of Normandy on the Channel Islands – dating from when William the Conqueror’s son, Henry I, seized the Duchy of Normandy, including the islands, in 1106.
-with PA
