Surprise visit to the Vatican for the British royalty after the Italian speech of King Charles III in Parliament

April 10 – 11:12 – MILAN

King Charles III and the Regina Camilla They are about to conclude the short official visit to Italy – today they will visit Ravenna before setting off on the road to London in the evening – but the two British real can return home after making a desire to which the British sovereign held a lot: meet Pope Francis in the Jubilee year. Yesterday, surprisingly, the meeting at first announced and then canceled due to the health conditions of the Pope, was held in private form in the Vatican.

King Charles II and Camilla visiting Pope Francis

To confirm the meeting was the Holy See which on the occasion has Published a photo of the visit of the British royalty in the Vatican. “On a particularly significant day for their family, between the twentieth anniversary of the wedding and the four years of the death of Filippo di Edinburgh, the British real Carlo and Camilla met Pope Francis privately”, reads the note of the Vatican press room.

The meeting took place Yesterday afternoon at Casa Santa Martawhere Pope Francis has been convinced for over two weeks, after long hospitalization at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome. The two British royalty reached the Vatican city and spent with Bergoglio for about 20 minutes, accompanied by the first private secretary Sir Clive Alderton and the private deputy secretary Belinda Kim.

During the interview, as reported by the Holy See, Pope Francis “had the opportunity to wish their majesty a wish on the occasion of the anniversary of their marriage and reciprocated to his majesty the wish for a prompt recovery of his health”, in reference to the Recent health problems of King Carlo IIIengaged for months in a fight against cancer.

The speech of King Charles III in Parliament

The visit of the British real in the Vatican took place immediately after The speech of King Charles III in Parliamentpronounced in Italian. “I hope not to ruin Dante’s language so much that he is no longer invited in Italy,” he joked The 76 -year -old Before saying this invitation: “It is a great honor to be invited to speak in front of you, it is the first time that a British sovereign turns to the entire Italian parliament”.

King Charles III, great lover of Italy, has Some personal anecdote told in the classroom Linked to our country: “From Turin to Palermo, from Verona to Naples and from Florence to Trieste, I learned something more on this nation every time and every time my admiration has grown more, like any old friend. I was with you in the happiest moments and in the saddest ones of your national life: for example, I will never forget my visit to Venice with the queen in 2009, when we saw the lyrical theater, the fenice is splendidly restored. In 2017 in the aftermath of the tragic earthquake “.



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