King Charles hosts private family dinner during Royal Week

King Charles convened a rare private family dinner with senior members of the royal family at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, as the family gathered for Royal Week. The gathering, described in royal circles as a "dine and sleep," included the King, Queen Camilla, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Duke of Edinburgh.

The dinner preceded the annual Service of the Order of the Thistle at St Giles' Cathedral on Wednesday, a highlight of Royal Week celebrating Scotland's highest order of chivalry. King Charles, as Sovereign of the Order, led the centuries-old ceremony, joined by Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince Edward, and Princess Anne, all dressed in the Order's traditional green velvet robes.

Prince William, known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, had traveled from Aberdeen, where he undertook an engagement for his Homewards homelessness initiative on Tuesday afternoon. Princess Anne and Prince Edward had joined the King and Queen earlier that day for a garden party at Holyroodhouse honoring local community figures.

While private gatherings are not recorded in the official Court Circular and Buckingham Palace has declined to...