King Charles and Queen Camilla will embark on an autumn tour in October 2024, the palace has confirmed on its official website.
According to the palace, the tour will include royal visits to Australia and Samoa, where the King and Queen will attend the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
They will visit Australia at the invitation of the Australian Government, where their programme will include engagements in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
The state visit by the Monarch and Queen to Samoa will celebrate the strong bilateral relationship between the Pacific island nation and the United Kingdom.
The royal family also posted the photo of King Charles and Queen Camilla from CHOGM 2022 in Rwanda on X, the former Twitter handle for sharing the statement.
Earlier, royal expert Richard Palmer took to Twitter user X and said: “Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the King and Queen will visit Canberra and New South Wales in Australia and Samoa in October, but not New Zealand, on medical advice amid concerns about an extended programme as the monarch continues her recovery from cancer.”