King Charles is reportedly ‘very disappointed’ that his brother Prince Andrew affair is totally overshadowing his major historic visit to the Vatican.
King Charles on Thursday became the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with a pope since the schism with Rome 500 years ago, in a service presided over by Leo XIV.
The monarch and his wife, Queen Camilla, joined the American-born pontiff in the Sistine Chapel for a 30-minute service that blended Catholic and Anglican traditions.
It was the first time a reigning English or British monarch has 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 in May took over as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics after the death of Pope Francis.
The Pope led the service in the Sistine Chapel with the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, who is currently the leading cleric in the Church of England, while Charles and Camilla sat next to them.
King Charles and Camilla arrived at the Vatican almost a week after Prince Andrew announced they would give up royal titles.
According to Fox News DigitalCommenting on it, royal expert Ian Pelham Turner said: “King Charles is of course very disappointed that the Andrew affair is totally overshadowing this great historic event and it was thought he might be met with questions from the media, but I think that is very unlikely now that all the media are interested in his thoughts on Andrew.”
