Prince Harry to Visit Brazil

The British Queen’s grandson Prince Harry will visit Brazil on her behalf a little later this year. Most of his journey to the Americas then will take in the Commonwealth territories of Jamaica, Belize and the Bahamas. This is because of the obvious interest in these countries of Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee celebrations this year.

With sixty years on the throne, she is now the second-longest reigning British monarch and is only a few years away from exceeding Queen Victoria’s record. However, Prince Harry’s travels will culminate in Brazil,the leading South American nation, which is of such economic importance these days to Britain.

Brazilian investment news these days includes an interesting new fact. It is that the UK is now Brazil’s fourth-largest provider of overseas international investment, a fact emphasised by Foreign Secretary William Hague during his visit last month.

The Prince (second son of the Prince of Wales, Charles and the tragic ‘Lady Di’) will pack-in a number of very different events in Brazil. These will include a game of volleyball on a beach (which one is still a closely-guarded secret), meetings with students and ordinary citizens and conferences with government officials. Another focal point will be exploring co-operation options regarding the Olympics ; Britain is hosting them this year and Brazil next time, in 2016.

The imminent timing of Harry’s visit is probably not coincidental in another sense, as he and his team will probably have considerable ‘soothing’ to do. After all, his elder brother, Prince William, will shortly be on military deployment in the Falkland Islands. This is controversial (to say the least) in Argentina, but also her neighbours, Brazil and Uruguay