If there is one thing we can count on when it comes to the British Royal Family, it’s the memorable tours they do overseas.
Whether it’s meeting world leaders, commemorating historic anniversaries, exploring issues they care about or connecting with international fans, they make their mark.
See which members of the royal family will be touring the world throughout 2025.
Which overseas tours are the royals going on in 2025?
King Charles and Queen Camilla
The next royal visit Charles and Camilla will undertake in 2025 is a trip to Ottawa, Canada, where they will meet with locals from different Canadian organisations.
It marks the sixth trip there for the Queen, where she will be sworn in as a member of the Canadian Privy Council. After the ceremony, the royal couple will plant a commemorative tree at Rideau Hall, which is the official residence of Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon. It will be placed near the sugar maple they planted eight years prior.
On their first day (May 26), Charles will also meet with her and Prime Minister Mark Carney.
They will finish the day with a reception that honours the lieutenant governors from Canada’s provinces and the commissioners from Canada’s territories.
On their second day, King Charles will deliver a speech from the throne at the state opening of Parliament, marking the second time a royal has opened the Canadian Parliament. It will also be the third time that a sovereign has given a speech from the throne.
It will be the King’s first Canadian visit as a sovereign, and his 20th overall trip to the country. In the lead-up to their international visit, they went to Canada House and met visitors in London to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
This visit follows their state visit to Italy in April. There, they also celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary. Prior to their anniversary, they sat for official photos in the country to mark the occasion.
While they were in Italy, they had a packed itinerary.
The King and Queen watched a flypast with Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella over Rome by the ‘Freece Tricolori’, and the Red Arrows, and visited the Colosseum.
On their anniversary, April 9, they completed engagements separately before uniting for a visit to the Italian Parliament, where Charles gave a joint address.
The King mentioned the occasion at a State Banquet at the Quirinale Palace, where he then addressed about 150 guests in the Sala delle Feste.
“Today marks, as you say, the Queen’s and my 20th wedding anniversary. On that score, I must say it really is very good of you, Mr President, to lay on this small, romantic, candle-lit dinner for two,” he joked in his speech.
On the last day of their visit, the monarchs went to Ravenna to mark the 80th anniversary of the province’s liberation by Allied Forces. King Charles also visited the Papal Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls.
The King and Queen also participated in a regional festival celebrating traditional cuisine. Charles met with local farmers, including those impacted by Ravenna’s recent floods.
Prior to their visit, the Palace revealed that their planned meeting with Pope Francis and visit to the Vatican was initially postponed, but they did pay him a private visit at his home in Casa Santa Marta before he passed away on April 21.
The Palace has revealed that the King and Queen plan to undertake a variety of royal tours in 2025.
In January, Charles visited Poland to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Their jaunt to Italy followed their visit to Australia in October 2024.
After their trips Down Under and to Samoa, a palace official told the Daily Telegraph that more visits were on the cards in 2025 as the King adapted to his cancer treatment.
The Mirror also reported that the King and Queen could also conduct visits to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Reports also suggest that Charles and Camilla will commemorate Victory over Japan Day on August 15.
Prince William and Princess Catherine
While he was visiting Cape Town in November 2024, Prince William said he and his wife were hopeful to travel in 2025 on royal duties.
“I think hopefully Catherine will be doing a bit more next year, so we’ll have some more trips maybe lined up,” he said.
Months later, William visited Estonia for his first royal tour of the year as part of his role as the colonel-in-chief of the Mercian Regiment.
On March 20 and March 21, the Prince of Wales visited British troops involved in NATO operations there as part of the UK’s commitment to uniting with its allies and the country’s dedication to defending the eastern flank.
He started the tour by meeting Estonia’s President Alar Karis and also visited the Vabaduse Kool school, which was founded in response to the war in Ukraine. He also attended other royal engagements focused on the country’s efforts with Ukraine in the nation’s capital, Tallinn, and attended a technology showcase.
Princess Catherine also ventured out solo that same month, by attending St Patrick’s Day parade at Wellington Barracks in central London. There, she told Australian reservist Corporal Adam Hamilton that she would love to return to Australia on a royal tour with her husband and children.
“It’s finding time to do that,” she said at the time.
“But I love to travel – yes, it’s a long flight. But I love the Middle East because that’s familiar to me growing up. There are so many opportunities now to travel, I think it’s brilliant to experience it.”
“We tend to go further afield when it’s official visits – it’s being able to carve out time to experience these countries in a more private capacity.”
“Because otherwise you end up seeing lots of insides of amazing buildings, but you don’t get to meet that many people. It’s making sure that you can combine a bit of work with the children. I might see you down there!”
The Princess and Prince of Wales last visited Australia in 2014, with their son Prince George was just a baby.
Princess Anne
The Princess Royal visited South Africa in January for a series of engagements, which included a variety of site visits and tours.
A passionate horse rider, she went to the South African Riding for the Disabled Association. It provides free equine therapy, sport, and training to the most vulnerable. She was last there in November 1994.
Another memorable visit was when she unveiled the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The monument honours the legacy of South African military labours in the First World War.
Prince Edward and Princess Sophie
The Duke and Duchess were the first royals in more than 30 years to go to Nepal when they visited for a six-day tour in February.
Their visit was part of their commitment to causes such as protecting survivors of gender-based violence, eye health initiatives in remote areas, and those being supported by the Duke of Edinburgh scheme.
