King Charles and Queen Camilla hand out Maundy Money in Easter Tradition

King Charles and Queen Camilla continues a royal Easter tradition.

The King, 76, and Queen, 77, participated in the annual Royal Maundy service on April 17, where the monarch gave gifts of specially embossed coins to 76 men and women (reflects his age).

The King could not perform customs last year because of His cancer treatmentand his wife went in to do it, make history as the first consort to lead the ancient tradition.

The Royal Maundy service is now held in another church every year, and the 2025 event took place in the Durham Cathedral in northeastern England.

During the service, King Charles presented two wallets, one white and a red, money to recipients who were honored for his outstanding Christian service and to contribute to people’s lives in their communities. The white handbag contained the exclusively made memory coins, while the red handbag had a special coin of £ 5 that marks the life of Charles Late Grandma, the Queen’s Mor, and carries messages about World War II.

Their visit started in the cathedral, where they received a small flower bouquet, known as nasal sessions, before joining the procession through the record.

At the end of the service, the royal couple joined the Royal Maundy party for a photograph outside the northern door and visited the dean to meet members of the community involved in the service. They were also shown an exhibition of the cathedral’s Magna maps, which will be shown for the first time in eight years, which highlighted the 800 anniversary of the 1225 number in Durham’s collection.

The distribution of Royal Maundy Money has its roots in the 1300s England when King John in 1210 conducted the Almissive in North Yorkshire, England.

Since the 16th century, the number of recipients has been related to the liver of the sovereign.

The traditional division of Almisses is done on Maundy on Thursday, the day that marks the last supper of Jesus Christ with the apostles in the Christian calendar.

Earlier in the day, Charles gave his Annual Easter message, emphasizes the meaning of love and all people’s unity regardless of faith.

Charles emphasized that the work that the humanitarians do around the world know no bounds, regardless of religion, background or faith. His commitment to building bridges between faith is a message that has passed through Charles public life.

“There are three virtues that the world still needs – faith, hope and love. And the greatest of these is love,” wrote Charles and echoed the core message about love in all religions.

It came a week after King Charles and Queen Camilla returned from her state visit to Italy, where they Met Pope Francis and wooed crowds in ravenna.

During the visit, Camilla gave an update on Charles health in the midst of his ongoing cancer treatment. She said: “I think he loves his work, and it keeps him going. And I think it’s wonderful, you know, if you’ve been sick and you are recovering, you get better and now he wants to do more and more. That’s the problem,” Camilla said, according to BBC. “That’s what he is driven by – to help others.”

And she was sincere about what did The couple’s marriage work Like their 20th wedding anniversary Fell during its time in Rome on April 9. “Twenty years, who could think it’s 20 years? What is the secret? I don’t know … Yes … I guess it’s just kind of friendship,” she said.

“Laugh at the same things, move on with life. I guess it does for the most part,” Camilla told reporters under one Visit at Alessandro Manzoni -School.

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The Easter celebration will continue over the weekend, when the couple will lead other members of the royal family at the holiday service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on April 20.