King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Italy and the Vatican in April to meet with Pope Francis, as the Catholic Church celebrates a special Jubilee year, which takes place every quarter of a century.

King Charles and Queen Camilla are to host actor Stanley Tucci at a formal dinner on Friday evening to mark the confirmation of a state visit to Italy later this year.

King Charles and Queen Camilla will pay a state visit to Italy and the Holy See in early April and will meet Pope Francis to mark celebrations for 2025 Catholic Holy Year, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday.

Buckingham Palace has confirmed an official visit to Italy and Vatican City for the King and Queen this spring

Before the state visits to Italy and the Vatican, the King and Queen will join Hollywood star Stanley Tucci for a black tie dinner celebrating Italian cuisine at Highgrove.

King Charles and Queen Camilla will undertake a state visit to Italy and the Vatican in April, Buckingham Palace has announced. It will mark Charles and Camilla’s second overseas tour since the monarch’s cancer diagnosis last February.

King and Queen to pay state visits to Italy and the Vatican - Charles and Camilla’s long-expected trip will take place in April and see them meet Pope Francis.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia on Wednesday visited the grounds of the education centre where 11 people were killed on Tuesday in the Nordic country's worst mass shooting.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will spend their upcoming 20th wedding anniversary in Italy. The Sun reported on Monday, February 3, that Charles, 76, and Camilla, 77, will take their first state visit of the year to Rome.

After a coronation ceremony two years ago hailed as an interreligious novelty and progressively open-minded, King Charles III and Queen Camilla of England will make their first official visit to the Vatican in April.

Their Majesties The King and Queen will undertake State Visits to the Holy See and the Republic of Italy in early April 2025,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “During Their Majesties’ State visit to the Holy See,