The Prince of Wales and The Duchess Cornwall to visit Italy
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit Europe to celebrate links between the UK and Romania, Italy, The Holy See and Austria.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall
The Tour will highlight the UK’s relationship with European partners in areas including social cohesion, military ties and combatting human trafficking.
The British Government has asked The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to visit Europe between 29 March and 6 April 2017. The Tour will begin in Romania – The Prince will visit Bucharest and the surrounding area from 29 - 31 March. The Prince and Duchess will then undertake engagements in Italy and the Holy See from 31 March - 5 April and in Vienna from 5- 6 April.
More details of Their Royal Highnesses’ programme in each country will be released at a later date.
Notes to Editors
The Prince of Wales has visited Romania officially once before. His Royal Highness has visited Italy officially 19 times, and The Duchess of Cornwall has visited once. The Prince has undertaken two previous visits to the Vatican, and The Duchess of Cornwall one. His Royal Highness has visited Austria officially 3 times and this will be The Duchess’s first official visit.