Prince William will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, announced the Kensington Palace.
It will represent the king and will join the world leaders, including the United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the president of France, Macron, at the funeral of the Basilica of San Pedro in the Vatican.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were among the last high profile figures to hold a meeting with the Pope.
The private meeting, which took place two weeks ago of the real visit to Italy, was a hero at Casa Santa Marta, where Pope Francis died Monday morning.
Buckingham Palace said the meeting had been the highlight of the trip to Italy, describing it as a “very significant and special moment.”
Originally there were leg plans for a state visit to the Vatican, but the Pope’s serious health problems mean that he had canceled his leg.
Palace officials described the private meeting of 20 minutes with the Pope on April 9 as a very moving meeting.
The King and Queen were celebrating their twentieth wedding anniversary that day and Pope Francis gave them their best wishes for their anniversary.
The King and Queen had been praying for the recovery of the Pope, and Pope Francis in turn wished King Charles well with his own health problems, since the king continues to be treated by cancer.
King Charles has been a great defender of the construction of the left between different religions and the planned state visit to the Vatican would have seen symbolic moments as an ecumenical service in the Sistine Chapel.
The king has talked about the “devastating loss” for the death of the Pope and praised his compassion in a statement issued by the Palace.
As a brand or respect for Pope Francis, the flags flew by half mast in real residences.
The date for Charles’s wedding, then the Prince of Wales, and Camilla in 2005 were delayed because Charles was attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Downing Street said that the prime minister would also attend the Pope’s funeral.
When asked if Sir Keir Starmer would be there, his spokesman said that the prime minister had paid tribute to the leadership of the Pope “in a complex time and challenge” and that it was “correct, like another world and stages, tribute to Hiss.”
