The King and Queen have arrived at the 9/11 Memorial in New York on the third day of their state visit to the United States, as ITV News Royal Editor Chris Ship reports
King Charles III and Queen Camilla began their trip to New York City on Wednesday with a visit to the National 9/11 Memorial, as the 25th anniversary of the attacks approaches.
The stop is part of the royal couple’s four-day US state visit, marking 250 years of American independence.
The royal couple honoured victims of the 11 September attacks during a wreath-laying ceremony, meeting first responders and the families of victims.
Flowers from King Charles III and Queen Camilla are seen at the 9/11 Memorial.
The King and Queen arrived by motorcade and were greeted by dignitaries at the memorial.
They were accompanied by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to lay a bouquet of flowers at pools bearing the names of victims.
The Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, also attended the ceremony and shook hands with the King and Queen.
Earlier in the day, Mamdani said he hoped to keep the event’s focus on the victims of the “horrific terror attacks” and not try to pursue any political conversations.
Anthoula Katsimatides was among the Sept 11 victims’ relatives who spoke with the royal couple.
Her brother, John Katsimatides, was a broker for Cantor Fitzgerald and died at the World Trade Center.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani greets the King.
The King and Queen’s visit to New York is the first trip by a reigning British monarch since Queen Elizabeth II visited in 2010.
The King then visited an after-school, urban farming effort that works with young people affected by food insecurity, before meeting with financial leaders in Manhattan.
The King attends an event at Harlem Grown.
The Queen is also set to visit the New York Public Library, where she will add to the library’s famed collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed animals in celebration of the children’s character turns 100 this year.
The couple are then set to attend a reception for the King’s Trust, a charity Charles founded in 1976.
On Monday, the King and Queen joined President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for tea at the White House.
The next day, The King and Trump had a closed-door meeting in the Oval Office.
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The King then delivered a rare speech before Congress (the first by a British monarch since his late mother in 1991) followed by a formal state dinner at the White House.
President Donald Trump greets Britain’s King Charles III at the South Portico of the White House for a State Dinner.
The monarchs are expected to make stops in Virginia before wrapping up their US visit back at the White House on Thursday with a formal farewell from Trump.
The King then travels solo to Bermuda on his first visit as King to a British overseas territory.
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