{"id":213903,"date":"2026-04-29T11:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/213903\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:23:38","slug":"king-charles-queen-camilla-visit-nyc-for-first-time-in-19-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/213903\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles, Queen Camilla visit NYC for first time in 19 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set for a pomp-filled trip<\/a> to the Big Apple Wednesday \u2014 but locals suggested a different itinerary if the royal couple wants to see the so-called real New York.<\/p>\n

The UK monarch and his wife have a jam-packed schedule for their daylong tour of Manhattan that includes paying their respects at the 9\/11 Memorial & Museum with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and stopping by the New York Public Library.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s head of state hasn\u2019t hopped across the pond to New York since Charles\u2019 late mother Queen Elizabeth II toured in 2010. Charles, who became king in 2022 at 73, was last in the city in 2007, when he and Camilla visited to the Promise Academy charter school in Harlem.<\/p>\n

But some New Yorkers in the outer boroughs questioned why the couple \u2014 who are stopping by during their state visit to Washington DC<\/a> \u2014 were only sticking to Manhattan.<\/p>\n

King Charles visit President Trump at the White House on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

King Charles will visit the Big Apple Wednesday for the first time since 2007. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should go to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens with all the cherry blossoms,\u201d said Hilda Auffermann, 75, a retired teacher from Queens.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr what about the Statue of Liberty, our symbol of freedom?\u201d she asked, while adding, \u201cBut I guess that\u2019s a symbol that has more of a connection to France than England. Maybe they\u2019re looking for things that have a connection to England.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melissa Corbin, 42, another Queens resident, who works as an office manager, suggested Charles and Camilla let loose on their trip \u2014 and maybe even head to the beach.<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla with King Charles at the Harlem Children\u2019s Zone Promise Academy in 2007. WireImage<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine the king and queen riding the Cyclone at Coney Island!\u201d she opined before admitting, \u201cI can\u2019t really see them in Coney Island, probably too dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maria, a 53-year-old Staten Islander and longtime sales assistant at Macy\u2019s Herald Square, urged the couple to fill up on family-style Italian food on the Upper West Side and to take a tour of Ellis Island. <\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s itinerary includes visiting the 9\/11 memorial and stopping by the New York Public Library. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the subway \u2014 that will be hard \u2014 and the buses. Just mingle around the people,\u201d said Maria, who declined to give her last name.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you come to New York, life is precious, laugh smile, smell the flowers \u2026 enjoy life,\u201d she said. \u201cMake the best of your vacation and have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

King Charles with then-Lt. Gov. David Paterson and Harlem Children\u2019s Zone President and CEO Geoffrey Canada. Getty Images<\/p>\n

But some New Yorkers couldn\u2019t reign in their distain for the royal tourists.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate the royal family. They are the biggest deadbeat welfare cheats in the world,\u201d Guardian Angels founder and failed mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa fumed on his WABC radio show Tuesday. <\/p>\n

King Charles takes a shot during basketball drills at the Harlem Children\u2019s Zone during his visit to the city in 2007. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we had a revolution 250 years ago. To kick the British crown out. A fight for freedom. No taxation without representation,\u201d he railed.<\/p>\n

The visit will remain diplomatic in nature, and hit many of the same venues the royals have historically visited in their previous trips to the Big Apple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set for a pomp-filled trip to the Big Apple Wednesday \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[16325,5636,57,9,24,197,63,1433,122,124,123,486,58],"class_list":["post-213903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-england","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-life","tag-nyc","tag-queen-camilla","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royal-family","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}