The Queen wore an all-black ensemble and a veil as she and the King carried out a historic state visit to Vatican City on Thursday. While Camilla's outfit may have deviated from her usual vibrant wardrobe, it was a choice that adhered to a dress code when meeting Pope Leo XIV.

Protocol for papal audiences traditionally requires women to wear a black modest dress with sleeves, as well as a black mantilla (a lace or silk veil or shawl worn over the head). The Queen donned a black silk dress by Fiona Clare with a Philip Treacy mantilla and the late Queen Elizabeth II 's "raspberry pip" brooch in the shape of a cross.

Camilla adhered to the same dress code during a private meeting with the late Pope Francis at the Vatican in April, who died later that month, but she did not wear a veil

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