The King and Queen received a full ceremonial welcome to Italy with a spectacular flypast of the Red Arrows and their Italian counterparts, the Frecce Tricolori. The royal couple watched the display from the Terrace of the Quirinale Palace in Rome alongside President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura.

King Charles and Queen Camilla paid a surprise visit to Pope Francis as he recuperates at the Vatican on Wednesday during a state visit to Italy that coincided with the British royal couple’s 20th wedding anniversary.

The trio met at The Vatican in the afternoon in a surprise meeting lasting around 20 minutes - with King Charles and Queen Camilla 'delighted The Pope was well enough to host them'

King Charles and Queen Camilla have left Italy after a four-day state visit. They ended the trip with a celebration of the country's food, trying their hand at making pasta at a festival in Ravenna. The visit had included a brief private meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican,

King Charles III stressed the need for close ties between Italy and the UK in a historic speech in the Italian parliament on Wednesday, calling for unity in defense of common values at a time of war in Europe.

Italians offered pizza and ice cream to Britain's Queen Camilla to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of her wedding to King Charles during a state visit to Italy on Wednesday.