Cook Islands Report

A Kiss from Heaven: Welcome to the Cook Islands

It was the opportunity of a lifetime. Twenty year old Eddie Daniel from Rarotonga in the Cook Islands was making a journey to Melbourne, Australia. The date was March 2006 and his purpose was to represent his country in boxing at the Commonwealth Games. However, due to a management mix up, Eddie could not compete because he missed getting weighed. However, he returned home jubilantly. Why? Because he was chosen to meet Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. During the ensuing lunch, he discovered that there was an empty chair next to the Queen. He took the liberty of sitting next to her and even talking about fast-food. “She would never go to a McDonald’s” he recalled. Most significantly, however, is that the young man who could not throw a punch at the Commonwealth Games was able to land a kiss on the Queen’s cheek.

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