Here's the surprising reason why. Pope Francis died earlier this week and it was announced that Prince William will be going to his funeral as a representative for the royal family. Most people may be confused as to why the king won't be in attendance,

King Charles and Queen Camilla visited with Pope Francis during their trip to Italy—a meeting which turned out to be one of the Pope’s final engagements before he passed away on April 21. King Charles will not return to the Vatican for his funeral,

As tributes and messages of love roll in for Pope Francis, King Charles is seeing a silver lining in the death of the leader of the Catholic Church. After Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Monday,