King Charles III brought smiles to young boxers in The Bahamas during a visit to The Bahamas Boxing Academy on October 28, joking that they might meet again at the Commonwealth Games.
The visit also featured a creative surprise. Jermaine Gibson, president and CEO of the All-Out Boxing Club, presented the King with a T-shirt featuring an illustration of Charles as a boxer, complete with a crown, boxing gloves and shorts. The monarch laughed as he accepted the gift, replying, “How generous!”
The King watched the young athletes train and chatted with them about boxing and school. In a lighthearted moment, he asked whether their training was an excuse to get out of school before adding, “I might see you at a Commonwealth Games.”
The visit celebrated the talent and ambition of young Bahamian athletes, while the personalised T-shirt added a memorable touch of local creativity and humour to the royal tour.