The King will make his first trip abroad since his cancer diagnosis to stand alongside Second World War veterans in France and commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the palace announced.
Charles, 75, will pay tribute to those who fought and died on the beaches of Normandy to defeat the Germans and free Europe from the Nazis.
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He will take part in celebrations in Portsmouth on June 5 and in northern France on D-Day itself 24 hours later on June 6, with Queen Camilla by his side.
Prince William is traveling to France to attend the Canadian commemorative ceremony at the Juno Beach Center alongside Canadian D-Day and Second World War veterans.
The Prince of Wales will also join more than 25 Heads of State at a commemorative ceremony on Omaha Beach that evening.
This happened after the king returned to public service, when doctors were satisfied with his response to cancer treatment.
On Monday, June 3, some of the surviving D-Day veterans will meet modern-day Royal Marines and schoolchildren and watch a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flyover.
On the morning of Tuesday, June 4, the veterans will depart Portsmouth, recreating their 1944 journey.
Then, on June 5, in Portsmouth there will be more than 500 members of the Armed Forces, including a 79-piece orchestra, a 25-strong choir and drummers from the Royal Marines.
In Normandy, hundreds of military personnel will parachute into Normandy to recreate the pre-D-Day drop.
There will also be a joint thanksgiving service between the UK and France, organized by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Bayeux Cathedral.
And there will be a dazzling light show in the skies above Portsmouth.
On D-Day itself, the Ministry of Defense and the Royal British Legion will host the UK commemorative enet at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer.
It will conclude with the Last Post, two minutes silence and flyover by the Red Arrows and The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
The announcement came just hours after Charles took to the stage with Camilla by his side in London on Thursday night.
The Monarch was the special guest at a gala held at the Royal Opera House.
Charles’ appearance comes after palace sources said he was working to “overload his diary” upon returning to public duties.
Buckingham Palace revealed that the king had cancer on February 6, following a prostate operation.
And he announced in late April that he was well enough to return to frontline duties.
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