‘No royal Myanmar trip’

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are to visit Singapore, Malaysia and India this autumn – but, despite reports, will not travel to Myanmar.

It had been widely speculated they would visit the southeast Asian country during their traditional autumn tour, despite widespread condemnation of Myanmar from the international community after more than half a million Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh to escape a Burmese military operation condemned as ethnic cleansing.

Clarence House announced that the prince and duchess would make an 11-day trip starting in Singapore on 30 October before moving on to Malaysia and ending in India.

The couple met Myanmar’s de facto leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in May for talks, before problems in Burma were apparent.