# Charles jokes about watercress-covered suit during rain-soaked meeting with Elba

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/my-suit-has-grown-watercress-king-shares-joke-with-idris-elba-in-antigua-as-actor-apologises-for-the-rain-after-monarch-was-drenched-in-torrential-downpour/
- Published: 2026-11-03T10:42:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T10:52:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16261593/My-suit-grown-watercress-King-shares-joke-Idris-Elba-Antigua-actor-apologises-rain-monarch-drenched-torrential-downpour.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Celebrity, Entertainment, Markets, World

## Key points

- Charles joked with Idris Elba about his rain-soaked suit.
- An umbrella delay left the King drenched in Antigua.
- The visit coincided with renewed calls for slavery reparations.

## Summary

King Charles joked that his rain-soaked suit had “grown watercress” when he met actor Idris Elba in Antigua. Their exchange came during the King’s visit to mark the 45th anniversary of Antigua and Barbuda’s independence, against a wider debate about Britain’s history of slavery and calls for reparations.

Elba apologised for the torrential rain, which had drenched Charles the previous evening after an umbrella was not brought to him promptly. The King eventually received one from an aide, while Queen Camilla had already been given hers. Antigua and Barbuda’s prime minister has renewed calls for reparations and for the King to be replaced as head of state; in Britain, politicians have expressed differing views on whether the country should apologise or pay compensation.

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