King Charles & Queen Camilla's Maundy Service in Wales

0:00It's April 2, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. Your AI-powered Entertainment Report. King Charles and Queen Camilla just hit up the Royal Monty service as St. A. Saf Cathedral in North Wales on April 2. It was the first time this event's been in Wales since 1982, and it's got deep ties to Prince William and Kate Middleton. Now the Prince and Princess of Wales since Charles took the throne. The King handed out special Monty gifts to 77 men and 77 women from Wales and across the UK, matching his own age. Each got two purses, one with silver coins totaling 77 pennies, and the other with a 5-pound coin for Queen Elizabeth's 100th. Birthday coming up. Plus a 50-pence piece for his King's trust charity hitting 50 years. This tradition goes back over a thousand years to Jesus washing the apostles' feet at the last supper. And royals have kept it alive by giving out. Real legal tender coins as keepsakes for community service.

1:02Queen Elizabeth spread it nationwide, visiting every UK cathedral during her reign. The service featured fresh Welsh music and the cross of Wales from Charles's coronation, which holds a piece of the true cross. Even with his ongoing cancer treatment, he skipped it last year but shared good news in December about scaling back therapy this year. Queen Camilla made history before as the first consort to lead one of these, and now Charles is carrying on the family legacy, keeping these ancient, rituals fresh and meaningful across the realm.