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Mixed feelings as demands for compensation cloud royal visit

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President William Ruto and King Charles III at Mtongwe Naval Base in Likoni, Mombasa County. [PCS]

There was a military guard of honour nearly everywhere the royal couple went. A red carpet rolled out in the middle of the jungle. Although seemingly exaggerated, Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla truly got a reception fit for royalty.

The warm welcome contradicted the hostility that preceded his four-day State visit that ended Friday, which saw rights groups and victims of colonial brutality demand an apology from the King.

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