King Charles is reportedly “very disappointed” that his brother Prince Andrew’s affair is completely overshadowing his important historic visit to the Vatican.
King Charles on Thursday became the first Church of England leader to pray publicly with a pope since the schism with Rome 500 years ago, in a service led by Leo XIV.
The monarch and his wife, Queen Camilla, joined the American-born pope in the Sistine Chapel for a 30-minute service that mixed Catholic and Anglican traditions.
It was the first time an English or British monarch prayed publicly with a Pope since King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.
King Charles, who is officially supreme governor of the Anglican mother church, earlier had his first meeting with Pope Leo, who took over as head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics in May following the death of Pope Francis.
The Pope led the service in the Sistine Chapel with the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, now a senior cleric in the Church of England, while Charles and Camilla sat beside them.
King Charles and Camilla arrived at the Vatican almost a week after Prince Andrew announced he was giving up his royal titles.
According to the Fox News DigitalCommenting on it, royal expert Ian Pelham Turner said: “King Charles is obviously very disappointed that the Andrew affair is completely overshadowing this important historical event, and it was thought he might face questions from the media, but I think that is very unlikely now as all the media are interested in his thoughts on Andrew.”
