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.