British monarch Charles III will pay a private visit to Romania and Szeklerland in June

The visit of the British monarch Charles III to Romania in June will be a private one, but the King will also meet with Romanian head of state Klaus Iohannis as a courtesy gesture, British Ambassador to Bucharest Andrew Noble said on Monday.

The diplomat told the Romanian news agency Agerpres that this is the first visit to Romania by a British monarch in the person of Charles III. But this visit will be as private as the King’s visits to Romania as Prince of Wales. He said that this year will mark the 25th anniversary of Charles III’s first visit to Romania in 1998.

The ambassador did not give details of the programme. He said that after a visit to the Cotroceni Palace, the residence of the Romanian head of state, the visit would be private. He reminded that the British monarch has a number of projects in Romania, which he is carrying out in cooperation with NGOs, and that he usually visits Romania to find out about them, which is also expected to happen this time.

Andrew Noble added that the British government also cooperates with NGOs in a number of areas and that as King Charles III, he could continue his activities in this area in consultation with the government.

However, this is a private visit, he stressed. He added that he would not give any more details, precisely in order not to compromise the private nature of the visit.

“One of Romania’s great advantages is its silence, so we treat (the king’s) private visits accordingly,”

Agerpres quoted the diplomat as saying.

Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca confirmed last Tuesday that Charles III, the monarch of the United Kingdom who was crowned in early May, will visit Romania on the second of June. He said that his cabinet, together with the presidential office and other institutions, would play a role in preparing for the visit.

As Prince Charles of Wales, he has been a regular visitor to Romania since 1998, buying several houses in Transylvania and a farm in Zalánpatac, Szeklerland, which he has visited almost every year.

The British royal family also has Hungarian roots in Transylvania: the king’s fair mother, Klaudia Rhédey, was born in 1812 in Erdőszentgyörgy in Mures County and was brought up in the Rhédey manor there.

As we wrote before, King Charles’s Hungarian cook shared secrets about his visits to Zalánpatak, details HERE.