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King Charles Sips Kava Narcotic, To Become Samoan 'High Chief'

Britain's King Charles III is on an 11-day tour of his Australian and Samoan realms (Credit: AFP)

King Charles III took part in a traditional kava-drinking ceremony before a line of bare-chested and heavily tattooed Samoans Thursday, as he readied to be made a "high chief" of this Pacific island paradise.

The British monarch is on an 11-day tour of his Australian and Samoan realms -- the first major foreign trip since his cancer diagnosis earlier this year.

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