King Charles will attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the September 11 memorial in New York with Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his upcoming state visit to the United States, the mayor's office said on Friday.
The ceremony is to take place at the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers, the deadliest attack in U.S. history. Some 67 Britons were among at least 2,606 people who died after militant Islamists of al Qaeda hijacked jetliners and flew them into the World Trade Center buildings.
Joe Calvello, the mayor's press secretary, said that while the king and the mayor will take part in the joint wreath-laying, they will not meet privately.
King Charles' state visit is scheduled from April 27 to April 30 and will include stops in Washington, D.C., New York and Virginia. As part of the itinerary, the monarch will deliver a joint address before the U.S. Congress - the first time a British monarch has done so since Queen Elizabeth II spoke in 1991.
During the visit, the U.S. president will meet privately with King Charles and will host a state banquet for the king and his wife, Queen Camilla.
The trip comes amid strained relations between the United States and the United Kingdom. On Thursday, the U.S. president told the BBC that he believes King Charles could play a role in improving ties between Washington and London. "I know him well, I’ve known him for years. He’s a brave man, and he’s a great man. They would absolutely be a positive," the president said.
Officials have presented the visit as including both ceremonial observances and formal engagements with U.S. government institutions. The inclusion of the 9/11 memorial in the schedule underscores the ceremonial and commemorative elements of the trip, while the congressional address and private presidential meeting signal high-level diplomatic engagement.
Details released by the mayor's office and other official channels note the timing and settings for these events, while indicating limits to private interactions between specific participants. Beyond the events already announced, the scope and outcomes of any diplomatic conversations that occur during the visit have not been detailed.
The planned itinerary and public remarks frame the visit as a mix of remembrance, ceremonial duty and statecraft taking place against a backdrop of delicate bilateral relations.