Prep Those Tiaras! King Charles and Queen Camilla Set to Host Second State Visit of the Year

Mar. 15, 2025

Camilla, Queen Consort and King Charles III during the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace

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King CharlesandQueen Camillaare ending a challenging year with some glamour.

The King, 75, and Queen, 77, are hosting the Amir of Qatar and his first wife and consort on December 3 and December 4, Buckingham Palace has announced.

It also comes at the end of the year in which Charles has been treated for cancer and a month after he and Camilla arrive backfrom a tour to Australia and Samoa.

King Charles making a speech during the first state visit he hosted as King in Nov. 2022.Aaron Chown - Pool /Getty Images

Catherine, Princess of Wales, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort during the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace during the State Visit to the UK

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Earlier this year, while undergoing cancer treatment, Princess Kate did not take part, with her husband leading the help for his father at the visit of the Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan whowere guests at the palacein June.

King Charles and Queen Camilla pictured as they hosted the visit of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee at Buckingham Palace in Nov. 2023.Yui Mok/POOL/AFP/getty

Britain’s Queen Camilla (L) and Britain’s King Charles III (R) welcome South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee during a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in central London on November 21, 2023, on the first day of a three-day state visit to the UK. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee began a three-day trip to the UK on Tuesday, with King Charles III’s hosting his first state visitors since his coronation.

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Aftersurprisingly stepping outon Oct. 10 with William, to support the families of three children who were killed in a massstabbingat aTaylor Swift-themed yoga and dance class in Southport, Kate is hoping to attend the Remembrance Sunday commemorations on Nov. 10.

King Charles meeting the the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at Cop28 in Dubai in Dec. 2023.Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar/Handout/Anadolu via Getty

King Charles III (L) meets with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (R) during the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is held at the Expo City Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 01, 2023

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The couple from Qatar were at King Charles' Coronation in May 2023 and the Amir has visited the U.K. on eight occasions, the palace says.

source: people.com