Prince William Hangs Out With New Zealand PM Jacinda Arden At Kensington Palace

It’s one royal politician hanging out with another royal. According to new reports, Prince William has met New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern at Kensington Palace. The palace released a picture of them at William’s London residence. Here’s what you need to know.

A spokesman for the duke said the meeting took place on Saturday. Ardern was in London for talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with trade and the war in Ukraine dominating the agenda. Johnson greeted Ms Ardern with a handshake outside the door of Number 10, welcoming her on her first UK trip since the pandemic began. What’s more, Johnson pointed out that it was her first trip since the two countries signed a fresh free trade deal in February.

Prince William Hangs Out With New Zealand PM Jacinda Arden At Kensington Palace

Back in January, Arden postponed her own wedding during the same time that she introduced tougher COVID-19 rules for New Zealand. Ardern said tighter rules were needed after nine cases of the Omicron variant were detected in a single family that flew to Auckland for a wedding earlier this month. The prime minister was planning to get married next weekend but the celebration has been postponed.

“I just join many other New Zealanders who have had an experience like that as a result of the pandemic and to anyone who’s caught up in that scenario, I am so sorry,” she said. 

New Zealand had been among the few remaining countries to have avoided any Omicron outbreaks, but Ms Ardern acknowledged last week an outbreak was inevitable given the high transmissibility of the variant. The country has managed to contain the spread of the Delta variant, with an average of about 20 new cases each day. But it has seen an increasing number of people arriving into the country and going into mandatory quarantine who are infected with Omicron.

However, that has also put strain on the quarantine system and prompted the government to limit access for returning citizens while it decides what to do about reopening its borders, angering many people who want to return to New Zealand.

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