THE KING AND QUEEN WILL UNDERTAKE STATE VISITS TO THE HOLY SEE AND THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY IN EARLY APRIL 2025
During Their Majesties’ state visit to the Holy See, the King and Queen will join His Holiness Pope Francis in celebrating the 2025 Jubilee Year. Traditionally held once every 25 years, the jubilee is a special year for the Catholic Church; a year of walking together as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’.
During Their Majesties’ state visit to the Republic of Italy, the King and Queen will undertake engagements in Rome and Ravenna, celebrating the strong bilateral relationship between Italy and the United Kingdom.
Tomorrow evening, the King and Queen will join the Italian Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Inigo Lambertini, Mrs Maria Grazia Lambertini and Italian-American actor Stanley Tucci, for a dinner in celebration of Slow Food and Slow Fashion at Highgrove Gardens.
Prior to the start of the dinner, Their Majesties will attend a reception, during which students and graduates from The King’s Foundation training programmes provide demonstrations on their work in sustainable fashion and traditional heritage skills, such as, millinery, embroidery, furniture making and fashion design.
