{"id":14538,"date":"2025-10-24T02:55:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/14538\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T02:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:55:49","slug":"queen-camilla-paid-homage-to-queen-elizabeth-for-historic-meeting-with-pope-leo-xiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/14538\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla Paid Homage to Queen Elizabeth For Historic Meeting With Pope Leo XIV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another sovereign was on Queen Camilla<\/a>\u2019s mind the day she met Pope Leo XIV<\/a>. Joined by King Charles III<\/a>, Camilla used Vatican dress code<\/a> to shift the spotlight away from Prince Andrew\u2019s current headline-making misdeeds<\/a> and invoke another member of the royal family: the late Queen Elizabeth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was no mere audience or regular state visit: the king and head of the Church of England prayed together with a Catholic pontiff for the first time in 500 years. And Camilla dressed for the occasion. She opted to forgo a tiara like the one Queen Elizabeth donned when she met John XXIII on solemn occasions in 1961 or John Paul II in 1980<\/a>. Instead, Camilla sported a mantilla\u2014a more all-encompassing black veil encircled in a crown of matching leaves designed by Philip Treacy<\/a>, the celebrated milliner discovered by Isabella Blow<\/a>. Treacy often lends his services to the sovereign, but also works with other celebrated figures like Grace Jones. The creation is very similar in concept to the Jess Collett x Alexander McQueen signature silver leaf tiara sported by Princess Catherine<\/a> on Charles\u2019s coronation day<\/a>, another subtle nod to the past.<\/p>\n

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Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Philip at the Vatican in 1961.<\/p>\n

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Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Philip at the Vatican in 1980.<\/p>\n

Anwar Hussein\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla\u2019s stylishly-framed face looked like a 16th-century portrait\u2014a contemporary Catherine of Aragon. Which is slightly ironic, since relations between the Church of England and the Church of Rome broke down<\/a> with the schism of 1534 when Henry VIII repudiated Catherine and married Anne Boleyn. Perhaps this sartorial reference was also a studied diplomatic move\u2014a nod toward the concord that Charles, who has called himself a \u201cdefender of all faiths<\/a>,\u201d hopes to achieve.<\/p>\n

In addition to the veil, Vatican protocol for occasions such as this calls for an all-black, simple dress code with no visible marks or flashy jewelry. Camilla wore a no-frills dress designed by Fiona Clare, adorning the frock with a special brooch that once belonged to Elizabeth II. It was a Georgian-era cross called the \u201craspberry seed,\u201d a nod to the rubies embedded within it. The accessory took on a whole new meaning when Queen Camilla and King Charles met\u2014and prayed with\u2014Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n

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