KING CHARLES WON'T ATTEND COP27 ON PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS'S ADVICE

The annual COP27 will take place in Egypt next month, where King Charles intended to deliver a speech. However, according to the Times, prime minister Truss had advised the new monarch not to go.

A senior royal source told the outlet:

"It is no mystery that the King was invited to go there. He had to think very carefully about what steps to take for his first overseas tour, and he is not going to be attending COP."

A source added that although Charles wouldn't be at COP27, he will support it in other ways':

"Just because he is not in physical attendance, that doesn't mean His Majesty won't find other ways to support it.

The decision was by Buckingham Palace, which said:

"With mutual friendship and respect there was agreement that the King would not attend."

Another unnamed government source said:

"The palace and the government considered separately, and then agreed jointly, that there might be more suitable options for the King's first state visit."

Charles and son William both spoke at last year's COP26 event. The Queen recorded an opening address in which she praised her son for his action on climate change. She said:

It is a source of great pride to me that the leading role my husband played in encouraging people to protect our fragile planet lives on through the work of our eldest son Charles and his eldest son William. I could not be more proud of them."

The King also spoke at COP21 in Paris, where he urged world leaders to commit "trillions, not billions, of dollars". He also encouraged world leaders to sign up to the Paris Climate Agreement at the event.

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