King Charles in touching embrace with indigenous leader as he performs traditional greeting
ok.co.ukThe King has shared a traditional greeting gesture with a Maori advocate at the official launch of his environmental charity.
Charles, 76, shared a hongi – a traditional Maori greeting where two people press their noses together – with Mere Takoko, the co-founder of Pacific Whale Fund, at the launch of the King’s Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA).
Ms Takoko, whose organisation works to protect the ocean and marine life in the Pacific Ocean, hailed the shared gesture as “hugely symbolic”.
Wearing a blue kakahu, a traditional Maori garment, Ms Takoko attended St James’s Palace alongside dozens of other organisations, including fashion houses Brunello Cucinelli and Giorgio Armani, and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, to celebrate the CBA’s official launch.
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