Delhi is not the best place to visit currently, owing to the hazardous level of air pollution. For few, unfortunately, skipping a trip to the National Capital wasn’t an option and by few, we mean foreign dignitaries. As Delhi is choking with smog, it also turned host for some of the most influential people of the globe- Prince Charles, his wife Camilla Parker Bowles, Colombian Foreign Minister Ms. Maria Angela Holguin, King Phillipe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, and Twitter users were quick to point out how they could not have come at a worse point.
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, are on their final leg of a 10-day four-nation tour that also took them to Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei, and will be staying in India for two days. Ms. Holguin and other delegates from Colombia, who have come to India to strengthen bilateral ties, will stay until November 9. The King and Queen of Belgium arrived on November 5, for their 7-day visit to India.
However, all of these visits was shrouded by a thick air of smog. Here is a video of the convoy of King and Queen of Belgium, to show how severe the problem of Delhi is.
A royal visit!
Their Majesties the King & Queen of Belgium are on a state visit. They met with EAM @SushmaSwaraj & PM @narendramodi today pic.twitter.com/cEslPCOVPB— Indian Diplomacy (@IndianDiplomacy) November 7, 2017
And how Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were welcomed in ‘smoggy’ Delhi:
Welcoming another Royal guest. MoS @Gen_VKSingh receives Their Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall in New Delhi who are on two-day visit to India pic.twitter.com/xTszWwZOhk
— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) November 8, 2017
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall arrive in Delhi pic.twitter.com/coI3zyNudz
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2017
Also read: 12 things we should care about rather than worrying about air pollution. No, Really
Despite the environmental crisis which Delhi is facing currently, few found humor in it. Out of the reactions which visits of these dignitaries received, it was how Twitter reacted to Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles’ visit that caught our attention. In an attempt to add humour to the current situation, netizens said this was the best revenge Indians could ask for, after British colonization.
Here are a few tweets:
They looted one of the most richest country in the world inside out and exploited it to ashes for over 200 years.
Even the Kohinoor inside their museum belongs to us. They stole it from a holy statue of Lord Indra.
They deserved this!!
Because Karma!— Supriti Chatterjee (@SupritiC) November 8, 2017
Revenge for the British Raj….send them to Delhi, where they can’t breathe https://t.co/WX4VnOtpPv
— Harini Calamur (@calamur) November 8, 2017
For all the atrocities they did during British raj Let them suffer at least for 2 days in Delhi #payback_time https://t.co/C2K5VBYWb1
— Sadhu Maharaj (@SadhuMaharaj16) November 8, 2017
Prince Charles lands in Delhi, seen here squinting to try and see who’s hand he is shaking. #smog pic.twitter.com/t6jLgb4ROu
— Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) November 8, 2017
Smog avenging 1857? https://t.co/0q10GzmXlk
— Dil (@internetrowdy) November 8, 2017
Prince Charles : What’s up, India?
We: Bas fog chal raha hai— Sonal Kalra (@sonalkalra) November 8, 2017
Prince Charles walks into a very very smoggy delhi.
Welcome to India— Fitgirl India (@fitgirlindia) November 8, 2017
It’s a bad heir day for Prince Charles as he and Camilla touch down in the smog of New Delhi, India, on the final leg of their royal tour #royalvisitindia #pollution pic.twitter.com/2opaD81QCf
— Yui Mok (@YuiMok) November 8, 2017
Also read: Smog alert! These easy hacks might just help you fight Delhi’s air pollution
Well, we might lack clean air at this point in time but our hhumoris on-point. Also, we hope these global leaders come to Delhi again, when it is not shrouded in smog.
