King Charles III and Queen Camilla
were in Ravenna on Thursday on the last day of their State visit
to Italy to visit the Tomb of Dante.
The British royals were welcomed by a cheerful crowd of local
people and tourists in the city's Piazza San Francesco and shook
hands with many of them.
They were greeted officials including Emilia-Romagna Governor
Michele de Pascale and they listened to the Italian and British
national anthems.
Recitals from Dante's Divine Comedy were performed for Charles
and Camilla by a group of elementary school children and by
Italian actress Ermanna Montanari before they entered the
monument where the tomb lies.
When Charles became the first British monarch to address the
Italian parliament on Wednesday, he gave part of his speech in
Italian and joked that he hoped he was not "ruining the language
of Dante so much that I am no longer invited to Italy".
While in Ravenna Charles and Camilla will also attend a
reception marking the 80th anniversary of the province's
liberation from Nazi occupation by Allied Forces.
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