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King Charles and Queen Camilla’s tour to the Channel Islands could see locals handed a public holiday in celebration of the “rare and historic” occasion, Jersey’s Chief Minister has said. Jersey’s parliament, the States Assembly, is set to debate the proposal later today – with Chief Minister Deputy Lyndon Farnham calling the royal couple’s visit a “wonderful opportunity to celebrate our longstanding and loyal relationship with the Crown”. The King and Queen will visit Jersey on July 15 – a first trip by a British monarch for almost 20 years – before island-hopping to Guernsey, which is also p…