Photo: His Majesty’s spring break

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MARCH 12: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall watch traditional Samba dancers as they perform during a tour of the Marie Complexo Favela on March 12, 2009 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The Prince and the Duchess are in Brazil as part of a ten day ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MARCH 12: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall watch traditional Samba dancers as they perform during a tour of the Marie Complexo Favela on March 12, 2009 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The Prince and the Duchess are in Brazil as part of a ten day tour of South America taking in Chile, Brazil, Ecuador and the Galapagos. (Photo by John Stillwell/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MARCH 12: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall watch traditional Samba dancers as they perform during a tour of the Marie Complexo Favela on March 12, 2009 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The Prince and the Duchess are in Brazil as part of a ten day tour of South America taking in Chile, Brazil, Ecuador and the Galapagos.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MARCH 12: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall watch traditional Samba dancers as they perform during a tour of the Marie Complexo Favela on March 12, 2009 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The Prince and the Duchess are in Brazil as part of a ten day tour of South America taking in Chile, Brazil, Ecuador and the Galapagos.

Photo by John Stillwell/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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