For the first time in five centuries, an Anglican British monarch and the leader of the Roman Catholic church prayed together in public. King Charles III, the nominal head of the Church of England, joined Pope Leo XIV in an ecumenical service at the Sistine Chapel during a state visit to the Vatican Oct.

The royal couple were greeted by Pope Leo in his official residence, the Apostolic Palace ahead of a momentous day of events. Queen Camilla had all eyes on her as she wore a traditional black outfit to meet the Pope, including a dramatic veil over her head and shoulders.

King Charles has become the first British monarch to pray with a pope at the Vatican since the Catholic and Anglican churches split up five centuries ago.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have visited the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV. This historic meeting aims to strengthen ties between the Church of England and the Catholic Church. The event marks the first time since the Reformation that the heads of these two churches have prayed together.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla met with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. The trio met during an audience at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. They then went to the Sistine Chapel where, for the first time in 500 years, a King of England and a pope prayed together.

Buckingham Palace and Vatican officials on Friday announced details of the two-day trip that Charles and Queen Camilla will undertake on Oct. 22-23, a visit that was scheduled for April but was postponed after Pope Francis' final illness, shortly before his death.

The visit was scheduled for April but was postponed after Pope Francis' final illness​, shortly before his death.

Andrew has hit a new low in his inexorable fall from grace, stripped of his cherished royal titles and exiled to rural England.