Japanese emperor and empress greeted with honours and pageantry in London by King Charles.
Britain’s King Charles III and Japan’s Emperor Naruhito travel in the 1902 State Landau Carriage following the Ceremonial Welcome at Horse Guards Parade in London on June 25, 2024, on the first day of their three-day State Visit to Britain. – The Japanese royal couple arrived in Britain for a three-day state visit hosted by King Charles III.
It is the first state visit to the UK by a Japanese head of state since 1998 and, unusually for such a visit, comes during a general election campaign. The king, hosting his first state visit since it was revealed in February that he has cancer, will later take the emperor and empress to a special exhibition of items from the Royal Collection relating to Japan.Charles is hosting a state banquet at Buckingham Palace — the showpiece of a state visit to the UK — on Tuesday evening.
The trip is the emperor’s second official state visit since he ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019, following a trip to Indonesia last year. The emperor and empress will formally bid farewell to the king and queen at Buckingham Palace on Thursday morning before attending the “Japan: Myths to Manga” exhibition at London’s V&A museum.
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