King Charles III is making his first visit to Wales today, Friday, September 16, with his wife Camilla Queen Consort. They will be visiting for a thanksgiving service at Llandaff Cathedral followed by receptions at the Senedd and Cardiff Castle. They are expected to spend most of the afternoon in various engagements in the city.
The famous Royal Rolls Royce vehicles have been spotted in Cardiff this morning awaiting the arrival of the new king who is expected to arrive by helicopter imminently. The procession of cars will then take the new King and the Queen Consort on their whistle-stop tour of the capital.
Rolls Royce's have been used as official state vehicles for several decades and were often used by the King's mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The day after his accession, King Charles and the Queen Consort arrived at Buckingham Palace in the 1978 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI state limousine, in the days that followed they used the 1950 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV state limousine in London and the 1978 Phantom VI in Edinburgh (each sporting the mascots previously used by his mother, along with the sovereign's shield and standard).
