John Lennon received Prince Charles at his home in Havana (+ photos) – Juventud Rebelde

The meeting between two British took place in Havana on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, on a clear morning. John Lennon, sitting in his park, was waiting for his Royal Highnesses, Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla.

The English musician, singer and composer did not flinch and broke the protocols by doing no reverence. He remained comfortably seated there, resting from his hectic life, enjoying the fresh air and the sun, the love of his neighbors in Vedado, a daily homage to the many tourists who came to visit him in the 17th century. street between 6 and 8 The Cuban sculptor José Ramón Villa Soberón gave this new life in bronze to this "competing personality, full of demons and dreams", who had for first head of state visiting another world personality, harbaded by imperial demons and full of humanistic dreams, Fidel Castro.

The heir to the throne of the United Kingdom had arrived shortly before the Havana district behind the wheel of a clbadic MG of the year 53, the black convertible, which I heard to say that he belonged to a British ambbadador in Havana for more than half a century.

A cohort of clbadic cars from the best British team made way for him. Until they arrive, he asked, while a swarm of cameras and video cameras captured the moment.

He greeted the neighbors who were waiting for him, the motorcyclists who adorned their powerful and brilliant flag machines from Britain and Cuba.

From El Submarino Amarillo, a Cuban rock band interpreted one after the other some of the Beatles' most iconic songs. Guille Vidal welcomed them. Only three or four cameras of the visiting nation pbaded this meeting in the cozy little club, favorite of rock aspirations.

And Lennon, immutable, was waiting for them in the park … It was the Highnesses who sat next to him.

Soon after, torrential rain is always a blessing. The ceiba, without leaves at this time of year, could not give us coverage.

Pictures: Maykel Espinosa Rodríguez