Queen Camilla and King Charles bid an emotional farewell to Samoa, concluding their successful South Pacific tour. The couple's final day in the region was marked by a heartfelt ceremony in Siumu Village,

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla flew out of Samoa on Saturday, after a visit in which the monarch acknowledged the Commonwealth's "painful" history, amid a push for former colonial powers to pay reparations for their role in transatlantic slavery.

The fashion on a royal tour should never overshadow the diplomatic mission – but wardrobe planning for something on the scale of the King and Queen’s tour of Australia and Samoa this week will have required months of preparation all the same.