Buckingham Palace has confirmed that a long mooted State Visit by King Charles to the US will go ahead and the announcement contained another royal first.
At the same time as the Palace announced The King and Queen were heading to the US during April, royal officials confirmed that Charles III would then continue on to Bermuda for a visit.
And that will be the first visit to the country by a reigning British king.
It will also be the first visit to a British Overseas Territory made by King Charles since the start of his reign.
The US Visit had been under debate following the start of the Iran war but Buckingham Palace has now said it will take place as King Charles and Queen Camilla head to the country to help mar the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The exact dates will be announced shortly but it’s known that they couple will head to the US in April.
It follows the State Visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK last autumn. President Trump and his wife, Melania, were the guests of King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle.
It was an unprecedented second State Visit by an elected politician – usually, those voted into office are only welcomed once on such a trip to the UK.
The State Visit of King Charles and Queen Camilla to the US comes almost twenty years after the last such trip. Queen Elizabeth II made a State Visit in 2007 when she was hosted by President George W Bush. It was the fourth and final State Visit to the US of her 70 year reign.
There are also reports that the Prince and Princess of Wales could be heading to the US later in the summer on an official visit.
The announcement of the State Visit came just hours after President Trump told countries including the UK to ”go get your own oil” as the situation in the Straits of Hormuz escalated.
