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Prince Charles and Camilla – what do we give the Pope?

Thursday, April 6th, 2017

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall’s visit to Pope Francis last week went off as smoothly as such visits tend to.

The vexing question for the Royals, however, was what to give His Holiness.

They settled on a hamper of homegrown produce from Prince Charles’s estate.

Francis gave Charles and Camilla an olive branch. Read more

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