Prince Harry has been welcomed to Nepal by five virgins in a
ceremony signifying luck and purity. The five women gave Harry a garland of
orange flowers before he visited centuries-old heritage sites devastated by
last year’s earthquakes and met with survivors, many of whom are still living
in makeshift shelters.
ceremony signifying luck and purity. The five women gave Harry a garland of
orange flowers before he visited centuries-old heritage sites devastated by
last year’s earthquakes and met with survivors, many of whom are still living
in makeshift shelters.
He is on a five-day tour of the country.
Nearly 9,000 people were killed and 22,000 injured, and
close to a million homes were destroyed, in the tiny Himalayan country in two
earthquakes in April and May last year.
close to a million homes were destroyed, in the tiny Himalayan country in two
earthquakes in April and May last year.
Tens of thousands of survivors are still living in huts made
from tin sheets and tarpaulin as reconstruction has been delayed by political
bickering over a new constitution.
from tin sheets and tarpaulin as reconstruction has been delayed by political
bickering over a new constitution.
‘’I pay my respects to those who perished and hope to do
what I can to shine a spotlight on the resolve and resilience of the Nepalese
people,” Harry said at a government reception celebrating 200 years of
ties with Britain’’ he said.
what I can to shine a spotlight on the resolve and resilience of the Nepalese
people,” Harry said at a government reception celebrating 200 years of
ties with Britain’’ he said.
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