King Charles III has taken part in a traditional kava-drinking ceremony before a line of bare-chested, heavily tattooed Samoans and has been declared a 'high chief' of the Pacific island nation.
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The British monarch is on an 11-day tour of Australia and Samoa – the first major trip overseas since his cancer diagnosis earlier this year. The peppery, slightly intoxicating root drink is a key part of Pacific culture and is known locally as 'ava'. Australia’s former deputy prime minister was hospitalised after mistakenly drinking too much of a local brew at a similar ceremony in Micronesia in 2022. The royal couple later visited the village of Moata’a, where Charles was made 'Tui Taumeasina' or high chief
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