{"id":232235,"date":"2026-05-15T01:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/232235\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:26:22","slug":"maori-queen-meets-with-king-charles-at-buckingham-palace-ahead-of-kings-trust-garden-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/232235\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0101ori Queen Meets with King Charles at Buckingham Palace Ahead of King\u2019s Trust Garden Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/clock-regular.4ddebeb.svg\" alt=\"Estimated read time\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>2 min read<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"body-dropcap css-1r5mo5b emevuu60\">Ng\u0101 wai hono i te p\u014d, the M\u0101ori Queen, is continuing her trip to London this week at Buckingham Palace. She met with King Charles ahead of the King\u2019s Trust garden party today, wearing a classic white midi dress with a structured shirt-style collar.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"Audiences With King Charles III At Buckingham Palace\" title=\"Audiences With King Charles III At Buckingham Palace\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3640\" height=\"5456\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2a54da94-b121-4704-a10c-ac1e504428ee.jpeg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/>WPA Pool\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place ahead of a palace garden party on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">On Monday, the Queen attended the King\u2019s Trust global celebration at Royal Albert Hall, and on Tuesday, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a71270140\/maori-queen-prince-william-london-meeting-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a71270140\/maori-queen-prince-william-london-meeting-2026\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"met with Prince William at Windsor Castle\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-wwtvcb emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">met with Prince William at Windsor Castle<\/a>. According to Kiingitanga, they discussed \u201ca range of global topics\u201d and she \u201caffirmed her belief in the power of Indigenous knowledge and intergenerational stewardship to help solve the world\u2019s environmental and social challenges.\u201d The M\u0101ori monarchy <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYPwd6mlKrZ\/?img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYPwd6mlKrZ\/?img_index=2\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"noted\" data-node-id=\"2.3\" class=\"body-link css-wwtvcb emevuu60\">noted<\/a> it was \u201ca meaningful k\u014drero [conversation]\u201d focused on \u201ca shared passion for environmental solutions that bring together indigenous knowledge and Western science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"Formal portrait in an elegant room.\" title=\"Formal portrait in an elegant room.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2047\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778808382_388_4fe8ddd0-bb96-4d6b-8ce4-603a96d9855d.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/>Kensington Palace<\/p>\n<p>Prince William with Ng\u0101 wai hono i te p\u014d at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cWhether at home or on the world stage, Te Arikinui\u2019s leadership is about creating pathways for our people, particularly our rangathi [M\u0101ori youth] to thrive,\u201d Rahui Papa, the spokesperson for M\u0101ori monarchy, called Kiingitanga, said in a statement ahead of her trip. (Te Arikinui is the queen\u2019s title, meaning Paramount Chief.) Four M\u0101ori youth attended the King\u2019s Trust anniversary celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday, and joined the queen at the garden party at Buckingham Palace today.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a62068211\/new-maori-queen-details\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a62068211\/new-maori-queen-details\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Ng\u0101 Wai Hono i te P\u014d\" data-node-id=\"6.0\" class=\"body-link css-wwtvcb emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ng\u0101 Wai Hono i te P\u014d<\/a> is just the eighth M\u0101ori monarch in New Zealand, and second-ever queen, and is carrying on a long tradition of M\u0101ori leaders meeting with British royals. She last traveled to London in June 2022, when she met with then-Prince Charles on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Platinum Jubilee.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778808382_261_121b4598-31f9-4716-af00-a68368fb7913_1643729378.file.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Emily Burack\" title=\"Headshot of Emily Burack\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Emily Burack (she\/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town &amp; Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&amp;C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read Ng\u0101 wai hono i te p\u014d, the M\u0101ori Queen, is continuing her trip to London&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[50892,567,91154,569,83931,568,9,24,63,122,124,123,58803,91153,50891],"class_list":["post-232235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-collection-royal-family-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-afd6d3f6-8598-405e-9945-8b88a6045a02","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-read_time-2","tag-shorttitle-maori-queen-attends-kings-trust-garden-party","tag-subsection-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}