Trending “‘Have you got your bullet-proof vests?’ he joked to the accompanying press pack (some of whom actually had). “No sooner had the flight touched down that the dramas - and comedy - began on the Colombo tarmac. “The Sri Lankan artillery unit performing the twenty-one-gun salute to welcome the Prince inadvertently managed to set fire to the grass beside the runway with red-hot shell casings. “As fire engines raced past the royal dais, the Prince was invited to inspect the guard of honour, whereupon a stray dog appeared from nowhere and joined him. Prince Charles: It was not ...