The Buckingham Palace published on Monday a statement saying that King Charles III and his wife, Queen Camilla, “were very deeply saddened to learn the death of Pope Francis.”
“Our heavy hearts were however somewhat attenuated to know that his holiness was able to share a greeting of Easter with the Church and the world he served with such devotion throughout his life and his ministry. God resounded with so many people around the world.
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On a personal note, the press release indicated that the king and the queen remembered “with a particular affection of our meetings with his holiness over the years and we were greatly moved to have been able to visit him earlier in the month”.
Charles was welcomed by Francis to the Vatican during a meeting which seemed unlikely, while the long -term visit of the British Royal in Rome came in the heels of the most recent hospitalization of Francis de Francis.
King Charles has also suffered health problems recently and is still underway Treatment of an unpertified cancer form.