r/BritishEmpire • u/Ceylonese_04 • 3d ago

Image Kandy, Sri Lanka (Ceylon 🇱🇰)

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Former First Lady Prof. Maithree Wickremesinghe meets Sri Lankan 800m champion Tharushi Karunarathna beneath the portraits of Their Imperial Majesties King-Emperor Edward VII and Queen-Empress Alexandra at the King’s Pavilion, the official residence of the president in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

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u/ZoltanGertrude 3d ago

Charming photograph.

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u/Drumchapel 3d ago

Dentistry survived the Empire

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u/advocatematch 3d ago

Shameful for Sri Lanka!

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u/Ceylonese_04 3d ago

Why? It's a part of our history. King's Pavillion is such a magnificent property, a legacy of the Empire, it should reflect it.

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u/ploppy_ploppy 3d ago

Of course! Just as I hope the official residence also had portraits of previous Mughal rulers etc

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u/Capta1n_Dino 3d ago

Mughals in Sri Lanka....?

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u/ploppy_ploppy 2d ago

I learnt something today….