{"id":2400845,"date":"2026-05-04T02:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2400845"},"modified":"2026-05-04T02:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:57:21","slug":"virginias-royal-catholics-welcome-king-charles-iii-in-celebrating-americas-250th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/virginias-royal-catholics-welcome-king-charles-iii-in-celebrating-americas-250th\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia&#8217;s &#8216;Royal&#8217; Catholics welcome King Charles III in celebrating America&#8217;s 250th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_90\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_391910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391910\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the public gather ahead of a visit by Britain\u2019s King Charles and Queen Camilla for a community parade and block party in Front Royal, Va., April 30, 2026, to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday. (OSV News photo\/Kylie Cooper, pool via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Front Royal, a small town of 16,000 known for its strong\u00a0Catholic community, welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla as the British Royals concluded their historic 27-30 April state visit to the US marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.<\/p>\n<p>The 30 April event, dubbed the Front Royal 250th Celebration, saw the town\u2019s population \u2013 students, families, and workers \u2013 turn out in droves, with thousands lining Main Street for hours to catch a glimpse of the British monarchs.<\/p>\n<p>Union Jacks flew alongside US flags, and children donned costumes reflecting both British and American heritage. The day coincided with a first Communion Mass at St John the Baptist Catholic Church, which is situated on the route taken by the royal motorcade, making it especially memorable for local Catholics who reflected on the significance of receiving both \u201ckings\u201d to their town \u2013 Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and the British monarch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"catho-2589039276\">\n<div id=\"catho-2845763191\" data-catho-trackid=\"303959\" data-catho-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"catho-target catho-target\"><a target=\"_blank\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/catholicism\/seasons-and-feast-days\/visitation-21080\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"Adobe Photoshop PDF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicweekly.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/July-2024-Leaderboard-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Emily Janaro voiced a sentiment many in the Catholic community shared with OSV News: while they would have preferred a visit from Pope Leo XIV, having the King of Great Britain visit their small town was still pretty amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Tom McFadden, vice president of enrollment and student services at nearby Christendom College and a member of the county school board, said it was truly a monarchical day. McFadden, who got to shake hands with Charles, spent time at the adoration chapel where Jesus Christ \u2013 present body, blood, soul and divinity in the Eucharist \u2013 was attended by \u201conly a few devoted souls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIt\u2019s very cool to be a part of this amazing event \u2013 but the real Celebrity is within our reach every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\tif ( window.fbAsyncInit === undefined ) {\n\t\t\t\twindow.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tFB.init({\n\t\t\t\t\tappId      : '2317757811685080',\n\t\t\t\t\txfbml      : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ version    : 'v2.7'\n\t\t\t\t\tversion    : 'v9.0'\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t};\n\t\t\t\t(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t\tjs.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_AU\/sdk.js\";\n\t\t\t\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source catholicweekly.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the public gather ahead of a visit by Britain\u2019s King Charles and Queen Camilla for a community parade and block party in Front Royal, Va., April 30, 2026, to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday. 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