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Angela Giuffrida in Ravenna

‘An electrifying moment’: Charles and Camilla visit sparks Ravenna tourism boom

King Charles and Queen Camilla walk along a street in Ravenna
Charles and Camilla in Ravenna. The king admired the Basilica of San Vitale. Photograph: Massimo Paolone/LaPresse/Rex/Shutterstock

If the most satisfying thing for anyone giving a guided tour is speaking to an enthusiastic and curious listener, then Diego Saglia felt he royally hit the jackpot when he met Queen Camilla in Ravenna.

The queen, who was in the northern Italian city with King Charles during a state visit to the country in early April, was so enamoured of her visit to a museum dedicated to the British poet and satirist Lord Byron that she kept her husband waiting in the courtyard. She lingered over Byron’s original manuscripts, locks of his curly hair and the love letters he wrote to Countess Teresa Guiccioli.

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