The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will travel to the US next month on their first official overseas royal tour. The tour will include engagements in New York, Washington DC, and San Francisco. The couple will meet UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and have a lunch and a dinner with President George W Bush and his wife at the White House. The BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said the visit to a country where Diana, Princess of Wales is still held in high esteem – was a “bold move”, representing the latest stage in the development of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall as a senior royal.