Prince William stepped up for King Charles to welcome the Sultan of Oman on Tuesday at the start of his state visit to the UK.<\/p>\n
On his father\u2019s behalf, the Prince of Wales greeted Haitham bin Tariq al-Said in London before accompanying him to Windsor, where he was officially welcomed by Charles and Queen Camila at the Royal Dais on Datchet Road.<\/p>\n
The group, which also included Kate Middleton, participated in a royal salute in Windsor\u2019s Home Park before enjoying a horse-drawn carriage procession to Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n
Prince William stepped up for King Charles to welcome the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, to the UK on Tuesday. Kin Cheung\/WPA Pool\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
William greeted the Sultan (both seen above) in London before they went to Windsor. Kin Cheung\/WPA Pool\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
William wore a black suit with gray pants and a blue tie for the royal duty. via REUTERS<\/p>\n
William and the Sultan went to Datched Road in Windsor, where they were joined by the rest of the royal family. Andrew Matthews\/Pool PA via AP<\/p>\n
William, 44, wore a black suit with gray pants and a blue tie for the royal duty, matching with his cancer-stricken father. <\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Middleton, also 44, stunned in a light blue outfit, while Camilla, 79, wore all red.<\/p>\n Later in the day, the royals and the Sultan will be joined by Prime Minister Andy Burnham for a state banquet at the castle.<\/p>\n William and the Sultan posed for an official picture together. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n King Charles (seen here) welcomed the Sultan in Windsor on Tuesday. Toby Melville\/WPA Pool\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Charles was joined by his wife, Queen Camilla (both seen above). James Veysey\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Kate Middleton (pictured here) was also present to greet the Sultan in Windsor. James Veysey\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n A Sultan of Oman hasn\u2019t made an official state visit to the UK since March 1982, when Queen Elizabeth welcomed Sultan Qaboos bin Said.<\/p>\n At the time, bomb disposal officers blew up a car parked near Clarence House, fearing a bomb was planted in the boot of the vehicle, just minutes before Elizabeth was set to drive past with the Sultan, according to The Telegraph.<\/a><\/p>\n However, the bomb scare was a false alarm.<\/p>\n The royal family brought the Sultan to Windsor Castle where there will be a state banquet. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n The Prince and Princess of Wales (seen here) took on major royal duties for the day. Toby Melville\/WPA Pool\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Charles (seen above) has lessened his royal duties since being diagnosed with cancer in 2024. PA Images\/INSTARimages<\/p>\n Since Charles became king in 2022, William and Middleton have taken on welcoming foreign leaders to the UK.<\/p>\n In July 2025, the Prince and Princess of Wales greeted French President Emmanuel Macron<\/a> at the Royal Dais at Datchet Road at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n Two months later, the couple welcomed US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump<\/a> at Windsor Castle on the monarchy\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n William leaned in to chat with the Sultan (both seen here with Middleton) during the welcome. Toby Melville\/Pool Reuters via AP<\/p>\n Charles waved to well-wishers as he and the Sultan traveled by royal carriage to Windsor Castle. TOLGA AKMEN\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n But since Charles\u2019 2024 cancer diagnosis, William has taken on more prominent royal duties<\/a> as he prepares to be king.<\/p>\n In fact, it was reported that William helped decide to strip his uncle, disgraced former Prince Andrew<\/a>, of his titles over his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n In addition, William still refuses to reconcile with his brother, Prince Harry, and sister-in-law, Meghan Markle,<\/a> who recently moved back to the UK <\/a>to be closer to Charles, 77.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William stepped up for King Charles to welcome the Sultan of Oman on Tuesday at the start…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,16696,5123,156,11061,1619,111,139,69,4289,3164],"class_list":["post-636359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-london","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-william","tag-royal-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}