King Charles III and Queen Camilla will travel to the Vatican for a state visit to Pope Leo XIV in October, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The visit was originally scheduled for April this year but was postponed because of the poor health of the late Pope Francis, who died later that month after 12 years as pontiff. The King and Queen did, however, make a brief private visit to Pope Francis just weeks before his death. It was one of the last audiences granted by the late pontiff, who had been receiving some visitors while convalescing at the Casa Santa Marta.
