Oualie Beach Resort Newcastle Saint Kitts And Nevis has just been awarded the 2017 Recognition of Excellence by HotelsCombined!

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• Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter, Nevis

23 November 2016 • 11:57pm
The US holiday of Thanksgiving this Thursday is the most important time of the year for Americans to spend time with their families and loved ones. 

Prince Harry’s girlfriend Meghan Markle is no different, as she showed by posting on Instagram on Wednesday a picture of herself celebrating the occasion in a past year, next to an enormous roast turkey.

She will, of course, have to celebrate the public holiday without her boyfriend, who is representing the Queen on a two-week tour of the Caribbean.

The couple will, however, have plenty of new experiences to tell each other about when they catch up over the phone.

While American Miss Markle, 35, will be able to tell the Prince all about her traditional family get-together, the Prince can reciprocate with stories about releasing baby turtles into the sea on the aptly-named Lovers Beach on the island of Nevis.

The Prince who, like Miss Markle, is a passionate conservationist, enjoyed one of the highlights of his trip to the West Indies when he met volunteers from a turtle conservation group on one of the world’s most secluded beaches.

Although he arrived at the wrong time of day to see turtles hatching and burrowing their way to the surface of the sand, members of the Nevis Turtle Group had kept five baby green turtles, found earlier in the day trapped in thick vegetation, for him to release on the beach.

Prince Harry was shown a turtle nesting site  Credit: Chris Radburn/PA

The Prince was then taken down to the end of the beach, to dig for any turtles still in their nests. 

Handed a pair of white plastic gloves, he enthusiastically began digging a deep hole with his hands, pulling out empty shells, and was shown an example of an egg that hadn't developed. 

He was told about the conservation project, which aims to protect turtles and increase their population.
For every 1,000 turtles in Nevis, only one of those will return to lay eggs.

While it is illegal to hunt turtle eggs for consumption in Nevis, many people still do.