King Charles and Queen Camilla team up with King and Queen of Sweden for significant milestone

King Charles and Queen Camilla have teamed up with the King and Queen of Sweden to mark a significant milestone.

Charles, 76, and Camilla, 77, met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at Home Park at Windsor Castle to plant a sapling ahead of the second anniversary of the coronation of King Charles II on May 6 at Westminster Abbey.

King Charles and King Carl got their hands dirty, picking up shovels to take soil from the pile near the hole to secure the sapling in the ground. Queen Camilla and Queen Silvia then watered the sapling.

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The tree is a Swedish Oak known as a Quercus Robur.

It was given as a gift from the King of Sweden to Britain’s reigning monarch. The plant is reportedly from the Swedish royal family’s private summer residence in Borgholm.

Sweden’s reigning couple attended the coronation alongside Crown Princess Victoria.

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King Carl has his own causes for celebration, his birthday on April 30 and ahead of the 52nd anniversary of his accession on September 15, 1973.

He became King at the age of 27, following the death of his grandfather.

His father, Prince Gustaf Adolf, died in a plane crash when Carl was just a baby.

King Carl is the longest reigning monarch in Swedish history.

He is also on track to beat Queen Margrethe of Denmark who served as Europe’s longest reigning monarch for 52 years before abdicating.

Her eldest child, King Frederik, was then crowned alongside his Australian-born wife Queen Mary.

King Charles was crowned following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth, in September 2022.

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Elizabeth died aged 95 having served as monarch for 70 years.

Charles celebrated the first anniversary of his coronation in 2024 with a small gathering with close friends at Windsor.

Upon King Charles’ coronation, Prince William and wife Catherine were titled the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Prince William is next in line to the British throne, followed by his eldest child, Prince George, 11.

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William, 42, played an important role in his father’s coronation, kneeling before his father and placing his hands on those of King Charles, declaring: “I, William, Prince of Wales, pledge my loyalty to you and faith and truth I will bear unto you, as your liege man of life and limb. So help me God.”

Father and son also shared a kiss on the cheek, with both smiling during the moment.

Prince William’s younger brother, Prince Harry, attended the coronation but did not play any role in the ceremony having resigned as a senior working member of the British royal family alongside his wife Meghan Markle in 2022.

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