Prep Those Tiaras! King Charles and Queen Camilla Set to Host Second State Visit of the Year

The Amir of Qatar is set to visit the U.K. in December, Buckingham Palace has announced

King Charles and Queen Camilla are ending a challenging year with some glamour.

The King, 75, and Queen, 77, are hosting the Amir of Qatar and his first wife and consort on December 3 and December 4, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Details of the visit by His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani have yet to be released, but a central part of any visit by foreign heads of state is a banquet at Buckingham Palace, in which the royal women dust down their tiaras.

It also comes at the end of the year in which Charles has been treated for cancer and a month after he and Camilla arrive back from a tour to Australia and Samoa.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort during the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace during the State Visit to the UK — King Charles making a speech during the first state visit he hosted as King in Nov. 2022.AARON CHOWN – POOL /GETTY IMAGES

While it is unknown which members of the royal family will support the King and Queen during the visit, Kate Middleton and Prince William, both 42, typically help with the welcome for visiting royals, by meeting them and accompanying them to the official arrival moment with the King and Queen at Horse Guards Parade, which is close to the palace.

Earlier this year, while undergoing cancer treatment, Princess Kate did not take part, with her husband leading the help for his father at the visit of the Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan who were guests at the palace in June.

Britain's Queen Camilla (L) and Britain's King Charles III (R) welcome South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee during a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in central London on November 21, 2023, on the first day of a three-day state visit to the UK. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee began a three-day trip to the UK on Tuesday, with King Charles III's hosting his first state visitors since his coronation. — King Charles and Queen Camilla pictured as they hosted the visit of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee at Buckingham Palace in Nov. 2023.YUI MOK/POOL/AFP/GETTY

After surprisingly stepping out on Oct. 10 with William, to support the families of three children who were killed in a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed yoga and dance class in Southport, Kate is hoping to attend the Remembrance Sunday commemorations on Nov. 10.

Charles — whose first state visit of his reign was from the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, in Nov. 2022 — visited Qatar eight times as Prince of Wales. On two of those visits, in 2007 and 2013, he was accompanied by Camilla in her role as Duchess of Cornwall, as she was then titled.

King Charles III (L) meets with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (R) during the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is held at the Expo City Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 01, 2023 — King Charles meeting the the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at Cop28 in Dubai in Dec. 2023.AMIRI DIWAN OF THE STATE OF QATAR/HANDOUT/ANADOLU VIA GETTY

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The couple from Qatar were at King Charles’ Coronation in May 2023 and the Amir has visited the U.K. on eight occasions, the palace says.

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