14.11.12

Prince Charles Celebrates His Birthday, New Zealand Style



Prince Charles attended a party to celebrate his 64th birthday in New Zealand's capital, Wellington on Thursday (November 14) along with 63 other guests celebrating on the same day. Charles's birthday cake consisted of 64 small cakes all portraying parts of New Zealand life, such as kiwi fruit and sheep. Earlier in the day the Royal couple were at the Wellington waterfront and watched a crew use a waka, a traditional Maori canoe that took part in the Thames Diamond Jubilees Pageant Charles also inspected members of New Zealand's Armed Forces at a ceremony at Government House with Prime Minister John Key. Charles and Camilla have two more days in New Zealand, which is the last leg of their Pacific tour, organized to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee.