It’s pizza in our time... as Camilla wows Italy
IT IS the land of fine food and stylish fashion – and the Duchess of Cornwall was given a taste of both on her visit to Italy yesterday.
Camilla, who was in Naples, looked on appreciatively as models took to the catwalk in products made by victims of human trafficking.
The show was staged at a community centre in La Gloriette, the
‘You are united, which is so important’
former home of a boss of the local Mafia, known as the Camorra.
Camilla, who was wearing a cream, patterned chiffon dress, met the relatives of victims of Mafia violence in the region where more than 350 people have been killed in the past 30 years.
She told them: ‘You are all very brave. I think you are very strong. You are united, which is so important.’ She was also presented with a delicious-looking margherita pizza which had her name spelt out in mozzarella on top.
While Camilla was in the south of the country, Prince Charles was in the north visiting a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery to mark the centenary of the deployment of British forces to the Austrian front in 1917.
Charles used a long walking stick with an ornate handle to help negotiate the rocky paths of the Dolomite mountains.
The Royal couple’s European tour is being widely seen as an attempt to build bridges in the wake of Brexit.
Prior to arriving in Italy, Prince Charles visited Romania, and next week will continue to Austria. During a demonstration by paramilitary carabinieri police, the Prince of Wales joked about an Italian cat burglar who stole some of his prized jewellery.
Trainee Carabinieri put on a hostage rescue display for Charles when he visited an international policing centre, which trains officers of all ranks from across the globe.
And when he was shown a £1.7million violin recovered by officers, he told how his cufflinks had been stolen.
Charles was reunited with five sets of cufflinks – including a pair given to him by Camilla – and other precious items in 1998 after they had been taken four years earlier by the burglar dubbed the ‘Riviera jewel thief’.
As he left, the prince joked: ‘I know where to come to (next time).’