The King Charles and Queen Camila head to Samoa after finishing up royal tour in Australia

The King and Queen are about to fly to Samoa, ending their royal tour of Australia

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00:00Well, Gemma, it's been an interesting trip for the King and Queen.

00:05There's been plenty of pomp and ceremony on this whirlwind whistle-stop tour between Sydney

00:10and Canberra.

00:11At times we've seen thousands of Australians come to greet the Royals, to get a chance

00:16to meet them, even an alpaca sneeze on King Charles.

00:19But so many times there's been adoring fans who've waited a long time to see him at these

00:24public events.

00:26Of course, at these events that I've even been at, you have encountered people who had

00:29no idea the King and Queen were even in Australia, let alone much more about the events that

00:34they had just happened to be walking by.

00:37So you also have that core test, I suppose, of people observing it.

00:41You also do have people like Lydia Thorpe, the Independent Senator, who took this moment

00:46to create what has been a headline-grabbing protest that has been covered all around the

00:51world.

00:52But when we look at officials, and certainly in governments at state and federal level,

00:58there's been a high degree of positivity, regardless of whether those governments are

01:01led by monarchists or republicans.

01:04Even Chris Mintz saying that overall he thinks the Royal visit to Australia has been one

01:08that's had a positive effect on the city.

01:12Whether you're a monarchist or a republican, Australians were very happy to see the King

01:16and Queen yesterday and were more than happy to roll out the red carpet and treat them

01:21with huge respect.

01:22So I think they put a smile on everyone's face in Sydney over the last 48, 72 hours

01:27and it's been good for the town.

01:30They're now off to Samoa.

01:32What will they be doing there?

01:35That's right, Gemma.

01:36They're off to Samoa for the Heads of Commonwealth Government meeting, or the Chogom.

01:39Now this is a major event for Samoa for a degree of reasons.

01:43Just the amount of officials going over there from Commonwealth countries, senior leaders

01:47as well as monarchs, not just the King and Queen, King Charles and Queen Camilla, that

01:52is going over to Apia, Samoa's capital.

01:55On the agenda is quite a number of significant events to take place, including appointing

01:59the next Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and among all of them is live discussions

02:05around climate change and its impacts, not just on the Pacific but around the Commonwealth

02:10and indeed around the globe, as well as discussions about repatriations and indeed the impact

02:16of slavery that it's had on Commonwealth countries.

02:19That's certainly a live and well discussion that will be taking place at the Chogom meeting.

02:24We do know, of course, that it will be not too long until the King and Queen depart from

02:29here but certainly their business isn't over for now.

02:33They'll be joined by some familiar faces from Australia, including the Prime Minister, Anthony

02:37Albanese, who will also be heading over to Samoa later this week.