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 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.

The King and Queen are to pay state visits to Italy and the Vatican, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The major spring tour, which has long been trailed in the media, will take place in early April and coincides with Charles and Camilla’s 20th wedding anniversary.

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. The royal couple will travel to Italy in April and meet Pope Francis and Italian leaders,

King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to visit Pope Francis at the Vatican, marking a significant moment in royal diplomacy. On Thursday, Buckingham Palace confirmed that King Charles and Queen Camilla will embark on an official visit to Italy in April, which will include a highly anticipated meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

The King and Queen will visit Italy and the Holy See in April, meeting Pope Francis to mark celebrations for 2025 Catholic Holy Year.

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 Charles and Queen Camilla will toast their 20th anniversary in a tour of Italy later this year, which will also include an audience with the Pope and a visit to the Sistine Chapel

On Sunday, Pope Francis marked the Day for Life in Italy, which has the theme “Transmitting life, hope for the world.” The Day for Life was established by the Italian Bishops in 1978, the year when Italy legalized abortion for the first 90 days of pregnancy.