The king and queen arrived in NYC after their action-packed Washington sojourn and started off with a solemn visit to the 9/11 memorial, where they were hosted by the former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and met the city’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani—which sounds like a genuinely interfaith experience for Charles, and one he seemed to enjoy.
The royal couple placed a bouquet of flowers with a handwritten note at the memorial. In the king’s own spidery handwriting—he should have been a GP—it read:
*We honour the memory of all those who so tragically lost their lives on 11th September 2001. We stand in enduring solidarity with the American people and in the face of their profound loss. *
*Charles R *
Camilla
They visited the memorial pools, where the Twin Towers once stood, and laid a bouquet of white roses.
After the ceremonies, they went their separate ways—the king to visit a charity in Harlem, the queen to New York Public Library, where she bumped into one of the city’s most famous women.