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.

Charles to meet Pope Francis in Italy state visit as King continues cancer treatment - The couple will be heading on a major spring tour in early April where they will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican

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 announced on Friday that the King and Queen will make state visits to Italy and the Holy See “in early April 2025”. The announcement said they will join the Pope “in celebrating the 2025 Jubilee Year … a year of walking together as ‘pilgrims of hope’”.

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 embark on a state visit to Italy and the Holy See in April, coinciding with Catholic Holy Year celebrations and their 20th wedding anniversary. The visit will include engagements in Rome and Ravenna,

The Italian-American star's visit to Highgrove comes as Buckingham Palace confirmed the King and Queen will tour Italy and the Vatican in early April.

The Italian-American star's visit to Highgrove comes as Buckingham Palace confirmed the King and Queen will tour Italy and the Vatican in early April. | ITV National News

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 actor and foodie has been invited to Charles’s Gloucestershire estate to enjoy a feast of sustainable Slow Food.

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.