A quite visit of Royal family to coastal city of Mangaluru in Karnataka on Thursday to meet his nanny has stirred full emotions all over with great appreciation for their gesture. A 56 year old Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed al Khalifa, Foreign Minister of Bahrain, visited her nanny 93-year-old Carmine Mathias who took care of him as a child surprised many and the city went pulsating with his care and human concerns.
The Foreign Minister a member of the Bahrain royal family along with his wife visited the grand old nanny who took care of him when he was young. The Foreign Minister was on a private visit and this gesture moved the family with joy.
Even though the visit was private the news went viral after Shaikh Khalid putout his is picture with Carmine. The Minister on his Instagram account — khalid_bin_ahmad — shared a picture where he is seen standing next to a senior citizen that read, “With my nanny who looked after me as her son since my childhood; Mama Carmine Mathias, at her home in Mangalore, Karnataka...she came to Bahrain when she was 35 years old in January 1959. Now she is 93. She looked after my late brother Abdalla, myself and my two younger sisters Maie and lulwa. She gave us the best of her love and care…we cherish every moment in our life with her. May God bless her soul and give her good health and longevity.”
Many praised the great gesture of the royal and the minister who remembered his nanny and visited her in Mangaluru.
Ashok Raymond Monteiro, grandson of Carmine Mathias, posted on Facebook about the minister’s visit. “His Excellency Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa foreign minister kingdom of Bahrain visited our home at Bajpe, Mangalore to meet mama carmine our granny ..A great human being with down to earth personality (sic),” Ashok stated.
The minister had earlier during his visit to Kerala had posted a picture with an Indian woman who worked as a helper with his family. He posted a picture of himself and layla on his Instagram account with the caption: “Today we visited layla who shared her life with us in Bahrain for 21 years with love, honesty and loyalty ... In her house in Kollam, Kerala, India.”
Nanny, the Carmine had spent 50 years at one of Bahrain's royal palaces bringing up the four children of Shaikh Khalid's father, who then headed the oil-rich country's police department, and later his grandchildren.
According to her relatives the family had been told about the impending visit a few days ago. They family was thrilled when the royal couple, who had checked into a hotel, arrived at their one-storey home in a rented car without fanfare or security.
Francis Monteiro, the grandson of Carmine said the minister and his wife walked into their house like a commoner and they were really proud and happy to receive the royal visitors.
According to family, Carmine had visited the Bahrain royals several times after her retirement in 2009. Shaikh Khalid wasn't the first royal to visit Carmine's home but also his parents and two sisters had come in 1987 while Carmine was vacationing at home. eom/blr