The King and Queen’s state visit to the Vatican has been postponed by mutual agreement as the Pope recovers from illness, Buckingham Palace said.
The pope arrived home to the Vatican after spending five weeks in hospital battling a life-threatening bout of pneumonia on Sunday.
A statement said, “medical advice has now suggested that Pope Francis would benefit from an extended period of rest and recuperation”.
The King and Queen’s tour of Italy is understood to still be going ahead, however, there are expected to be some changes to the programme.
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