Buckingham Palace, says King Charles III, head of the Church of England, and Queen Camilla will travel to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis in April.
According to the Palace, the state visit will be Charles’s first to the Vatican for talks with the head of the Catholic church since becoming king in 2022.
9News Nigeria, reports that King Charles has gradually made a return to public life after beginning treatment for cancer early last year, and has been on several state visits since.
Meanwhile, the Palace stressed that the royals are set to join Pope Francis for Jubilee Year celebrations organised every 25 years by the Catholic Church and intended as a period of reflection.
“Their majesties the King and Queen will undertake state visits to the Holy See and the Republic of Italy in early April 2025,” the palace said.
The statement also revealed that Charles and Camilla will also visit Rome and Ravenna in northern Italy to celebrate “the strong bilateral relationship between Italy and the United Kingdom.”
Ahead of his first state visit to Italy as monarch, Charles will join a “UK-Italy dinner” at the Highgrove Gardens royal residence in southwest England on Friday.
