The Pope had an unexpected visit from the British monarch King Charles and his wife Camilla on Wednesday.
Pope Francis held an unannounced meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon with the British Royal couple as they made a state visit to Italy on their 20th wedding anniversary.
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A Vatican statement said the pope wished Charles and Camilla a happy anniversary, and in return the king and queen wished the pope a speedy recovery.
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According to Reuters: Charles and Camilla had been due to make a formal state visit to the Vatican, but postponed their plans after doctors prescribed Francis two months of rest after the pontiff experienced a serious bout of double pneumonia.
The pope met the royal couple privately and offered his best wishes for their 20th wedding anniversary, which they celebrated on Wednesday, said a Vatican statement.
Buckingham Palace said Charles and Camilla ‘were delighted The Pope was well enough to host them – and to have had the opportunity to share their best wishes in person’.
As British monarch, Charles heads the Church of England, which split from the Catholic Church in 1534.
Francis and Charles have met twice previously in 2017 and 2019, before Charles became king. The late Queen Elizabeth II visited Francis at the Vatican in 2014.