King Charles and Queen Camilla are to host actor Stanley Tucci at a formal dinner on Friday evening to mark the confirmation of a state visit to Italy later this year.

Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images It's not every day that food royalty comes face-to-face with actual royalty. But that's exactly what happened when King Charles III and Queen Camilla hosted Stanley Tucci,

The dinner has been in the works for nearly two years, according to Tucci’s recently released memoir. In his memoir, What I Ate in One Year, Tucci details his year of eating in 2023—which included filming the Oscar-nominated film Conclave in Italy. A few passages, however, discuss this dinner for King Charles.

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Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla will embark on a state visit to Italy in April, where they will meet Pope Francis.

Before the state visits to Italy and the Vatican, the King and Queen will join Hollywood star Stanley Tucci for a black tie dinner celebrating Italian cuisine at Highgrove.

King Charles praises the culture of Italian cooking as he hosts a dinner ahead of a state visit to Italy.

King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted the actor at Highgrove for a dinner using British ingredients blended with Italian culinary traditions