King Charles and Queen Camilla have planned a trip to Italy this year. They will travel to Rome and Vatican City in April. They’re making some kind of special pilgrimage to the Vatican for the Catholic Jubilee Year, and according to CNN, “pilgrims are encouraged to pass through one of the “Holy Doors” located in Rome’s four major basilicas, while Pope Francis has called for this jubilee to be centered on ‘hope.’” This Italian trip has been in the works for a while, only it was originally supposed to happen last year, and Prince William and Kate were supposed to go. Charles and Camilla yanked it from them and everyone is being told that Kate will not travel for a while (unless it’s a vacation, apparently). Charles and Camilla will also be in Italy for their 20th wedding anniversary. I hope Pope Francis calls them sinners and homewreckers.
In any case, Charles and Camilla are extremely jazzed about their big trip to Italy & the Vatican. So much so that they organized a “taste of Italy” dinner at Highgrove on Friday night. Special guests included Stanley Tucci (he “inspired” the menu) and his wife Felicity, Donatella Versace, Helen Mirren and… David and Victoria Beckham. First of all, noted Italians David Beckham and Helen Mirren?? Mirren’s ancestry is Russian. I thought David’s ancestry was working-class English bloke, but then I googled it and it turns out that he’s partly Jewish? I truly had no idea. Mazel tov!
Anyway, David Beckham is still desperately trying to get that knighthood. Victoria is playing along like a dutiful wife, but my gut is saying that she’s not into all of this, and by “this,” I mean eating Italian food. All of this reads like Charles and Camilla simply wanting to have a dinner party and they’re trying to make it into a work event. I hope we get some more stories about how David Beckham should take over Prince Harry’s royal duties now.
PS… Charles was doing all of this to hype his Rome trip… meanwhile, he still hasn’t offered any support or best wishes to British Invictus veterans.
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