King Charles foreign trips after Coronation unveiled as France visit abandoned
The first foreign trips King Charles will make following his Coronation have seemingly been revealed.
Plans have reportedly been made for the newly crowned monarch’s first trips abroad as he seeks to lead the royal family into a new age.
This comes after Charles was crowned earlier this month along with Camilla at an historic event at Westminster Abbey.
The monarch’s first ever official trip abroad was abandoned due to widespread rioting in France.
Eventually, Charles and Camilla could only make the second half of the trip to Germany instead.
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But now various reports have claimed that Charles is said to be planning trips to Kenya, Palestine, Israel, and Romania.
Charles and Camilla visiting a food market in Berlin in March this year, prior to the Coronation (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)The Mail reported that Charles was hoping to embark on an emotional visit to Kenya later this year.
This would hope to show that the monarchy was trying to put the Commonwealth at the heart of his reign.
A source told the outlet: “It will be a poignant moment. Inevitably it will be a reminder of his young mother at the start of her reign. Now, he is at the start of his, but he has the advantage of experience, too.
“It will also be an important marker for his reign that will underline how importantly he views the Commonwealth.
King Charles on his first foreign visit to Germany, after the first leg of his European tour was cancelled due to rioting in France (Getty Images)“His Majesty wants to bring people together. He knows the relationship will change between the Royal Family and the realms and other Commonwealth countries, but is keen to preserve and protect the common values.”
Kenya occupies a unique position for the royal family as it was where the late Queen was when she learned her own father had died and that she had ascended to the throne in the early hours of February 6, 1952.
Along with Prince Phillip, the then Princess Elizabeth had landed in Nairobi a few days beforehand to start a world tour on behalf of the King.
This trip to East Africa will reportedly take place before the rearranged journey back across the Channel to France.
Queen Elizabeth II returning from Kenya, February 1952, after hearing the news that her father King George IV had diedBut the King won’t stop there and is said to have his eyes on three other destinations.
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Reports in Romania, including from Romania Journal, claim that King Charles is due to visit the eastern European nation in early June.
On June 2 he will reportedly arrive in the nation, unaccompanied by Camilla - to the nation where he has ten properties.
King Charles is related to the infamous Vlad the Impaler - the 'real life Dracula' - perhaps explaining some of his fondness of the nation.
One of his properties in the country, the Blue House, in Transylvania, is actually open to the public when he is not in residence - costing around £100 a night.
The then Prince of Wales visits the Blue House in Viscri, Transylvania (Edit Katai/EPA/REX/Shutterstock)Then, recently, Conservative peer Lord Polak has claimed that Charles is planning to become the first British sovereign to visit Israel and will make a trip to Palestine as well.
The Mail reported Lord Polak, who was director of Conservative Friends of Israel for more than 25 years, said: “There is no doubt that Charles will be the one to break this pattern. The preparation has been done by his team to pave the way for this visit.”
Israel’s president Isaac Herzog, a friend of the king’s, is said to have been personally lobbying him to make the trip, but recent conflict has made it impossible so far.
Despite this, Charles is said to be unafraid of going to Israel and won’t let being king stop him doing so.
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