There was barely enough time in the diary during their stay in Samoa, but they were going to do it anyway.
The King was in his trunks and the Queen had changed into her swimming costume before they waded out together into the clear waters of the South Pacific Ocean.
Knowing they had managed to slip away unnoticed from the world’s media, who were on the island for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting,
will only have added to their sense of freedom.
A few days before, they had managed to sneak in another dip in Australia, when aides went to considerable lengths to ensure they would be blocked from view while swimming lengths of the pool at Admiralty House, the governor-general’s residence in Sydney.
