Live Updates: King Charles and Queen Camilla in NYC

Sarah Jessica Parker and Queen Camilla analyse artifacts connected show during a literate engagement astatine New York Public Library connected April 29, 2026. Chris Jackson / Getty Images

Queen Camilla was astatine the New York Public Library to beforehand reading. 

Dozens from the literate and publishing satellite gathered astatine the the library's Trustees Room. 

Sarah Jessica Parker and Dr. Anthony Marx of the New York Public Library toured a postulation spanning 250 years of shared U.S./UK literate history, according to the British Embassy. 

They past commemorated "Winnie-the-Pooh," which is marking its 100th anniversary. 

King Charles III attends a UK-U.S. commercialized lawsuit astatine the Rockefeller Center during a authorities sojourn connected April 29, 2026 successful New York City. Heather Khalifa - Pool / Getty Images

After his sojourn to Harlem Grown, King Charles went to Rockefeller Center for a United Kingdom-United States commercialized lawsuit astatine Rockefeller Center. 

While King Charles was astatine Harlem Grown, Queen Camilla was astatine the New York Public Library astatine 42nd Street. She precocious talented them a caller Roo doll to adhd to the library's collection. The stuffed carnal is from the publication "Winnie the Pooh," which is celebrating it's 100th anniversary. 

She met with histrion Sarah Jessica Parker astatine the library. 

Sarah Jessica Parker and Queen Camilla astatine the New York Public Library connected April 29, 2026.  CBS News New York

King Charles II met with young radical and assemblage leaders astatine Harlem Grown's 134th Street farm, the British Embassy said. Founded successful 2011, Harlem Grown has a web of 14 municipality farms crossed Harlem. 

The king toured the workplace and planted lavender and mustard greens. He visited the farm's chickenhearted coop. 

"This infinitesimal is bigger than Harlem Grown; it speaks to the shared values betwixt communities crossed the globe. Whether successful Harlem oregon the UK, investing successful youth, nutrient access, and greenish abstraction creates stronger, healthier communities. This enactment is astir increasing radical arsenic overmuch arsenic it is astir increasing food. We are arrogant to represent that enactment present astatine home," Harlem Grown laminitis and CEO Tony Hillery said. 

"Harlem Grown didn't conscionable alteration my life, it saved it, and that effect of anticipation it planted successful a timid, mildly troubled girl grew into a present therapist, PhD student, and first-generation assemblage graduate," Harlem Grown pupil ambassador Epiphany Adams said. 

"His Majesty's sojourn contiguous reflects his longstanding personal commitment to sustainable communities and to the adjacent procreation of assemblage leaders who volition signifier our aboriginal and further fortify our relationship," British Ambassador Christian Turner said. 

It was different speedy halt for King Charles arsenic helium visited Harlem Grown, a non-profit enactment successful Harlem. His sojourn wrapped up conscionable astir an hr aft helium arrived. 

There were inactive further items connected the docket of his visit, including an quality astatine the Kings Trust gala aboriginal this evening. 

The royal sojourn comes astatine a turbulent clip overseas arsenic the war with Iran continues.

"At the moment, America has fewer planetary allies," said royal contributor Dr. Amanda Foreman. 

She explained the code King Charles III made to Congress, stressing continuity "is immense and precise important." 

In his address, the king stressed the value of the confederation betwixt the United States and the United Kingdom. 

Dr. Amanda Foreman, a royal contributor, said due to the fact that King Charles doesn't ain the Koh-i-Noor diamond he cannot springiness it away, adjacent if helium wanted to.

The federation owns the arguable diamond that came from India much than 150 years ago. 

"The king has nary much powerfulness to instrumentality the diamond than helium has to instrumentality Buckingham Palace to the people," Foreman said. 

The British Embassy said the royal mates met with astir 90 guests astatine the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum, including household members of those killed successful the attacks, and presently serving archetypal responders. 

FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore, a 9/11 archetypal responder herself, was connected hand, the British Embassy said. 

"As New Yorkers and Americans, we are agreed successful our pledge to ne'er hide those we mislaid connected 9/11. We volition ever retrieve the outpouring of enactment from truthful galore radical crossed the United Kingdom successful the aftermath of the attacks and are grateful to King Charles III and Queen Camilla for returning to this ineffable site," said erstwhile New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is president of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. "As a caller procreation learns astir the time that shook our metropolis and the satellite 25 years ago, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum continues to beryllium a spot of reflection and inspiration." 

"We are honored to invited Their Majesties to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum arsenic the satellite remembers what took spot connected and aft September 11, 2001," said Beth Hillman, President and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. "Each year, we are privileged to invited tens of thousands of visitors from the United Kingdom, galore of whom are excessively young to retrieve that fateful day. Their Majesties' participation successful this solemn ceremonial ensures that the bequest of 9/11 volition ne'er beryllium forgotten." 

Authorities said determination are nary credible threats against the king and queen during their sojourn to New York City.

That said, there's a monolithic information beingness passim the Big Apple, with disposable constabulary assets, ample perimeters, and intermittent roadworthy closures. Expect postulation disruptions passim the day. 

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani greets Britain's King Charles III during a sojourn to the 9/11 Memorial connected April 29, 2026 successful New York. Yuki Iwamura / POOL /AFP via Getty Images

Photographers captured the infinitesimal New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani greeted King Charles III. The king and queen had greeted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill moments before. 

There's nary connection connected what, if anything, Mamdani whitethorn person said to the royal couple, though anterior to the lawsuit he said helium mightiness notation King Charles instrumentality the Koh-i-Noor diamond. 

The royals began their New York City travel astatine the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. They met with archetypal responders and the families of victims.

The royals volition past divided up.

Queen Camilla volition caput to the New York City Public Library. She volition acquisition a caller Roo doll to the library's collections. The stuffed carnal is simply a quality from the publication "Winnie-the-Pooh," which is celebrating its 100th day of publication.

Meanwhile, King Charles volition sojourn a nonprofit successful Harlem. The assemblage enactment works with young radical affected by nutrient insecurity and opens greenish spaces for assemblage members to enjoy. 

The 2 volition besides marque a halt astatine Rockefeller Center earlier attending a reception for the King's Trust.

The king and queen spent respective minutes talking with erstwhile New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg earlier placing flowers astatine the waterfall excavation astatine the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum. Bloomberg is the president of the museum. 

They past spent immoderate clip connected a receiving line, wherever they were greeted by a fig of New York City and Tri-State luminaries, including Govs. Kathy Hochul and Mikie Sherrill arsenic good arsenic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. They besides met with families of 9/11 archetypal responders. 

Michael Bloomberg, King Charles III and Queen Camilla astatine the National September 11 connected April 29, 2026 successful New York City.  Samir Hussein

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, King Charles III and Queen Camilla astatine the National September 11 Memorial connected April 29, 2026. Spencer Platt / Getty Images

King Charles III and Queen Camilla conscionable the families of victims and archetypal responders who were progressive successful the rescue efforts aft the 9/11 attacks, arsenic good arsenic presently serving unit astatine the National September 11 Memorial connected April 29, 2026. Samir Hussein/Getty Images

King Charles is greeted by erstwhile FDNY Commissioner Tom von Essen aft laying flowers astatine the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum.  CBS News New York

Former FDNY Commissioner Thomas von Essen was connected manus for the royal sojourn to the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum. He could beryllium seen connected a reception enactment arsenic the royal mates made their mode from the waterfall pools aft laying flowers there. 

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg escorted King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the borderline of the waterfall pools astatine the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. 

They spent respective minutes talking earlier the king and queen laid immoderate flowers astatine the memorial. 

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins King Charles III and Queen Camilla astatine the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum connected April 29, 2026.  CBS News New York

King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived successful Washington D.C. connected Monday afternoon.

They headed consecutive to the White House and met President Trump and archetypal woman Melania Trump. The 4 had beverage successful the White House Green Room earlier touring the White House's latest beehive.

A ceremonial ceremonial welcomed the king and queen with a ceremonial subject review.

King Charles and Mr. Trump held a bilateral gathering portion the queen and archetypal woman had their ain meeting.

The king's travel marks his archetypal to the United States since helium assumed the throne successful 2022, though he traveled to America 19 times earlier his coronation. 

His archetypal authoritative sojourn was successful July 1970 with his sister, Princess Anne. He met with President Richard Nixon, was honored with a ceremonial White House meal and went to a shot crippled with archetypal girl Tricia Nixon.

Another notable sojourn was successful 1985. Prince Charles and Princess Diana met with President Ronald Reagan and archetypal woman Nancy Reagan astatine the White House. 

In 2015, then-Prince Charles and Camilla, known astatine the clip arsenic the Duchess of Cornwall, came connected a four-day authoritative tour. The mates met with President Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden astatine the White House. 

They besides visited the National Archives, Arlington National Cemetery, George Washington's Mount Vernon property successful Virginia and stopped by Louisville, Kentucky. 

British monarchs haven't been the lone members of the royal household to travel to New York City. Princess Diana's sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, person been present respective times. Here's a look astatine immoderate of them chronologically:

Prince Harry made his archetypal authoritative sojourn to New York City successful 2009, and went to, among different places, Ground Zero and a VA infirmary successful Manhattan. He besides participated successful a polo lucifer connected Governors Island to rise wealth for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

As portion of their travel to the U.S. successful 2014, Prince William and his wife, Catherine, present the Princess of Wales but past known arsenic the Duchess of Cambridge, visited the 9/11 Memorial & Museum and attended a Brooklyn Nets game, wherever they met Jay-Z and Beyoncé, arsenic good arsenic NBA prima LeBron James.

Princess Beatrice, the eldest girl of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew the Duke of York, and Sarah Ferguson, attended the Met Gala successful 2018.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry are seen connected May 16, 2023 successful New York City. MEGA/GC Images via Getty Images

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and woman of Prince Harry, was connected manus to cheer connected Serena Williams, who was competing successful the 2019 US Open women's last successful Queens.

In 2021, Harry and Meghan attended Global Citizen Live from Central Park successful enactment of vaccine equity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two years later, Harry and Meghan's travel to New York City was marred by a harrowing paparazzi pursuit done the streets of Manhattan.

The high-profile sojourn comes connected the heels of a antheral being charged with an attempted assassination of the president at the White House Correspondents Dinner and the war with Iran. 

The king volition person his ain protective item from overseas. Local information volition besides beryllium involved, according to a Secret Service spokesperson.  

"Residents, however, volition spot a ample instrumentality enforcement beingness passim the metropolis to unafraid the visit. There volition beryllium disposable constabulary assets, ample perimeters astir definite locations and intermittent roadworthy closures and postulation disruptions passim the day," the spokesperson said.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani volition beryllium joining King Charles and Queen Camilla on with Governors Kathy Hochul and Mikie Sherrill for a wreath-laying astatine the 9/11 Museum & Memorial Wednesday. 

Prior to that event, the politician was asked if helium would beryllium gathering with the king privately, and if so, what connection helium mightiness person for him. 

"I'll beryllium saying that contiguous I'll beryllium attending a wreath laying alongside a fig of different elected officials, including Governor Hochul, Governor Sherrill, and the absorption of that wreath-laying is to grant the much than 3,000 New Yorkers who were killed successful the horrific panic attacks of September 11th. And that's what I'm truly looking to bash astatine that event," Mamdani said. "You know, if I was to talk to the king separately from that, I would astir apt promote him to instrumentality the Koh-i-Noor diamond."

The Koh-i-Noor diamond was fixed to Queen Victoria successful 1849. It was fixed arsenic portion of the Treaty of Lahore that ended the archetypal Anglo-Sikh War. 

The jewel is thought to person originated from India. Many Indians see it a stolen portion of their nationalist history, taken during the British empire.    

During their authorities sojourn to the U.S., King Charles III and Queen Camilla volition be an lawsuit astatine the 9/11 Memorial & Museum successful New York City and instrumentality portion successful a wreath-laying ceremonial connected Wednesday morning.

Sixty-seven British citizens were among those killed successful the panic attacks connected Sept. 11, 2001.

The king is besides expected to conscionable with families of victims successful grant of the 25th day of the attacks.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is besides scheduled to beryllium astatine the event, but is not expected to conscionable privately with the king.

King Charles has been battling an unspecific signifier of crab since February of 2024.

Buckingham Palace has been precise tight-lipped astir his health. There has been nary authoritative update connected his attraction different than a pre-recorded video successful December successful which helium said his "schedule of treatment" would beryllium reduced successful 2026.

The king has been proactive since being diagnosed, encouraging radical to get aboriginal screenings and saying astatine 1 time, "Early diagnosis rather simply saves lives."  

"I cognize from my ain acquisition that a crab diagnosis tin consciousness overwhelming. Yet, I besides cognize that aboriginal detection is the cardinal that tin alteration attraction journeys," helium besides said.

According to the BBC, Charles maintained an progressive nationalist schedule, which included galore overseas trips and royal engagements arsenic portion of his authoritative duties, during 2025.

King Charles III became the king of the United Kingdom on Sept. 8, 2022, instantly pursuing the decease of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

At 73, helium was the oldest idiosyncratic to presume the throne. He was formally proclaimed king connected Sept. 10 of that twelvemonth and was crowned connected May 6, 2023.

Charles had been the Prince of Wales -- the rubric reserved for aboriginal British kings-in-waiting -- for longer than anyone other successful the past of the United Kingdom's monarchy. He has met each American president since Jimmy Carter.

Charles is considered the archetypal modern heir to the British throne. He was sent disconnected to schoolhouse alternatively than being tutored privately astatine Buckingham Palace, and aft that helium went connected to gain a Bachelor of Arts grade astatine Cambridge.

Charles was aboriginal joined to Lady Diana Spencer and they had 2 sons, Princes William and Harry. Lady Diana died successful a car clang successful Paris connected Aug. 31, 1997. He aboriginal joined Camilla Parker Bowles connected April 9, 2005.