It marks the first time a British monarch has engaged in a public act of worship with the pope since the Church of England broke away from the Catholic Church in the 16th century during the reign of ...

King Charles has become the first English monarch to publicly pray with a Catholic pontiff in 500 years during an historic visit to the Vatican.

Thursday's service, held beneath Michelangelo's spectacular ceiling frescoes, will be centred on conservation and protecting the environment, a cause championed by Charles.