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The true purpose of King Charles’s Italy trip

8 April 2025

8:59 PM

8 April 2025

8:59 PM

After some recent bad news for King Charles in the form of an – admittedly fleeting – setback in his ongoing cancer treatment, you could hardly blame him for wanting a brief respite from the gruelling health challenges that he has faced. And respites don’t come more glamorous or enjoyable than the state visit that he and Queen Camilla are currently undertaking to Italy.

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