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Australia will be welcoming King Charles and Queen Camilla to our shores this year.
An Australian visit has been on the cards since King Charles’ coronation in May 2023, however King Charles’ recent health challenges with cancer meant no firm plans had been laid until now.
However, the royal couple have now confirmed that they will be visiting Australia in October 2024.
The Sydney Morning Heralds first reported the news of a potential royal tour, when their diplomatic source revealed King Charles and Queen Camilla were on the cusp of confirming an Australian tour for the following year.
“King Charles is planning to visit Australia and New Zealand in October,” the source told the publication.
The couple’s Australian visit will coincide with Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, which King Charles and Queen Camilla will continue onto after Australia.
The week long event is held every two years and sees the 56 nations come together.
The date is also when Camilla’s son, Tom Parker Bowls told The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald that his mother and stepfather were planning an Australian visit.
“He’s coming next year, I think,” he said at the time, adding that he “really didn’t know” any other information.
“There’s always a royal tour somewhere. I always assumed that Australia was a very important place to visit,” he said.
The visit will be King Charles’ first as the King. He last visited in 2018 with Camilla.
When Will King Charles And Queen Camilla Visit Australia?
King Charles and Camilla will visit Australia in October 2024.
Where In Australia Will King Charles And Queen Camilla Visit?
Queen Elizabeth II’s first royal tour of Australia in 1954 saw the queen pay a visit to every Australian state and territory. However, due to King Charles’s recent health challenges, the king will be doing a much shorter tour, taking in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, before heading to Samoa for the Commonwealth summit.
For this reason, the 75-year-old king will not be making it to New Zealand this time around.
“In close consultation with the Australian and New Zealand prime ministers, and with due regard for the pressures of time and logistics, it has therefore been agreed to limit the visit to Samoa and Australia only,” the Palace said in a statement.
