Also on the second day of the state visit of King Carlo and Queen Camilla was full of appointments and symbolic moments. The day opened with the official greetings and the meeting with the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, who welcomed the royal couple to Villa Doria Pamphilj. The program then continued with the expected intervention of Charles III in Montecitorio And it will end with the solemn state banquet at the Quirinale palace. This second day of the state visit has a special meaning: King Carlo and Queen Camilla celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. The couple usually celebrates this anniversary in private; Last year he went to Birkhall, in the Balmoral estate in Scotland, while this year he shared this important milestone in the romantic Rome.
Upon arrival, the king was welcomed by the head of the ceremonial of Palazzo Chigi, Francesco Piazza, who presented him the president Meloni. Together, they traveled the red carpet to review the picket of honor. They then headed towards the entrance of the casino del beautiful breath, where an official photo was taken. The sovereign then presented the members of his delegation, including the British secretary of state for foreign affairs, David Lammy, and the UK ambassador in Italy and San Marino, Lord Llewellyn of Steep.
After the presentations, the president accompanied the king to the Italian garden of the villa, and then enter the internal environments where a private interview took place. This is the first official meeting between King Carlo III and Giorgia Meloni Which today met a king and a queen in a few hours: first king Charles III and then Queen Rania of Jordan. Two icons of international diplomacy, on a day that saw Italy protagonist at the center of the global scene.
King Carlo at the former slaughterhouse to see a piece of the Otello with Margherita Buy and Luca Zingaretti
The subsequent morning commitment of King Carlo took place at the former Mattitoio di Testaccio with the President from the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, to pay homage to the theater, a great passion of the king. Here the sovereign met the students of the National Academy of Dramatic Art “Silvio D’Amico”, to deepen the influence of Shakespeare in Italian culture. His Majesty and the President then witnessed a brief theatrical representation in Italian of theOthello of Shakespeare and met the graduate actors of the Academy.
Among the guests, in the front row near King Carlo and Sergio Mattarella, also two former illustrious students of the Academy: Margherita Buy and Luca Zingaretti who have released, exclusively for Vanity Fairtheir impressions on this meeting with the British sovereign. “It was a great emotion. I would never have imagined to meet the king … and above all King Carlo! He is very nice, a great lover of theater, of Shakespeare and the planet, “said the excited actress. “I wore this green coat because it recalls the commitment to the environment, a theme I hold a lot and on which King Carlo has been working with great seriousness for years”. “Unfortunately now it’s gone … and he didn’t ask me to go to lunch with him,” he added jokingly. «These are very strange occasions, but I had the privilege of meeting him. I was very happy not to be one of the students on stage, because I would have died of fear. They were very good, even in holding the emotion in front of such an important parterre ».
Exclusively for Vanity Fair, Also Luca Zingaretti He told us about his impressions on the meeting with King Carlo. «It was a beautiful morning with King Charles and with the president Mattarella who wanted to be present to attend a piece taken from theOthello of Shakespeare, played by the boys of the Academy, together with the president Letta and the director Daniela Bortignoni, “said the actor. «A very special day, cheered by the grace and the kindness of King Carlo, Who stopped with us to chat, “added Zingaretti, visibly impressed by the atmosphere and the presence of the British sovereign.
The love of King Charles III for the theater, and in particular for William Shakespeare’s works, has its roots in his youth. Already during the school years in Gordonstoun, Scotland, the young heir to the throne was enthusiastically participated in the theatrical productions of the institute. He was just 13 when he climbed the stage for the first time, playing a role in the musical comedy Patience. In the following years he comised with much more demanding texts, such as the Macbethwhere in 1965 the role of the protagonist even held out, demonstrating an inclination for the dramatic arts. In 2016, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare, the then Prince of Wales participated in a celebratory sketch transmitted by the BBC, reciting the verses of Hamlet (“to be or not to be”) alongside sacred monsters of the British stage such as Benedict Cumberbatch, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen. In the same year, for the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, he recorded a song taken fromHenry VIIImaking it once again tribute to the English theatrical heritage he loves so much.
Camilla promotes reading and rewards school children
In the meantime, Queen Camilla met the children of the schools involved in a competition promoted on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the British Council. The small participants described or imagined a day in the life of their favorite literary characters. Upon arrival at the school, the queen was welcomed by Brian Young (British Council director), by the Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara, by Anna Paola Sabatini (Director of the Lazio Regional School Office), by the school manager Simona Simola and Donatella Fitzgerald Mbe (Pearson Education Italy).
Queen Camilla, you know, is an avid reader and also the presenter of the podcast The reading room. He loves to share his favorite books, a passion shared also by his daughter -in -law, Princess Kate. “There is no more loyal friend than a book,” he wrote once on Instagram, citing Ernest Hemingway. Reading is a love that accompanies her from all life: both she and Kate often speak of the volumes that have excited them, moved and inspired. Passionate about classics, the queen has even lent her voice to narrate audiobooks for children and has invested personal funds in literacy projects, convinced that reading can give “a happier, healthy and prosperous life”. For her, the books are open doors on new worlds: “How to climb through the wardrobe to enter Narnia, the stories expand our imagination and make the mind work,” he said. “We fall in love with heroes and heroines, we divorce the pages to find out what will happen … the stories help us understand the world and the people who live in it”. The love for books was born at a young age, thanks to his father, Major Bruce Shand. “He was probably the most cultured man I have ever met. He devoured books and read them as children. He chose the stories and we listened, kidnapped. I believe that the love for reading has been rooted in us since childhood ».
Source: Vanity Fair
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