[[File:2024 Royal Visit Sydney (4).jpg|thumb|With Camilla in front of the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]], 2024]]
In October 2024, the King and Queen [[2024 royal tour of Australia|toured Australia]] and Samoa; it was their first visit to a Commonwealth realm since his accession.<ref>{{cite news |title= King Charles III and Queen Camilla land in Sydney, marking first visit by reigning king to Australia |url=https://ampwww.abc.net.au/articlenews/2024-10-18/king-charles-queen-camilla-arrive-australia-sydney-tour-royal/104478594|work=ABC News|date=18 October 2024|access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Perry |first1=Simon |title=King Charles and Queen Camilla Arrive in Australia for Historic First Tour to Commonwealth Realm |url=https://people.com/king-charles-and-queen-camilla-arrive-in-australia-for-historic-first-tour-to-commonwealth-realm-8729663 |magazine=People |date=18 October 2024 |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref> In Samoa, Charles attended the [[2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]] for the first time as head of the Commonwealth.<ref>{{cite news |title= King Charles acknowledges 'painful' history amid calls for slavery reparations at Commonwealth summit |url= https://cnn.com/2024/10/25/asia/king-charles-commonwealth-leaders-meeting-intl |work=CNN |first1=Max |last1=Foster |first2=Alex |last2=Stambaugh |first3=Lauren |last3=Said-Moorhouse |date=25 October 2024 |access-date=25 October 2024}}</ref> The tour was significantly scaled back owing to his cancer diagnosis, a planned visit to New Zealand being among the cancelled events. Charles temporarily paused cancer treatment during the tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Relph |first1=Daniela |title=King of Australia's royal tour nearly didn't happen |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93y2r75ky7o |work=BBC News |date=18 October 2024 |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
