On March 12, it was announced that the Prince of Wales, 42, will embark on a solo visit to the Baltic state bordering Russia on March 20 and 21. His wife, Kate Middleton, who revealed in January that she is in remission from cancer, will not be joining him.

It goes without saying that Westminster Abbey is a place that holds great meaning for the Prince and Princess of Wales: After all, Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot there in 2011. It’s also home to Kate’s annual “Together at Christmas” concert and where they toasted King Charles’s coronation—a moment that placed them next in line to the throne—back in 2023.

As the U.K. does all it can to win favor with Donald Trump, the royal family is increasingly being used as the shiny distraction to keep him docile, like putting a mobile above a baby’s crib. That was made plain on the global stage recently when Prime Minister Keir Starmer presented the U.