The King will host a Buckingham Palace reception for business figures from across the globe and NGOs ahead of the UN climate change summit Cop27.
Charles will welcome more than 200 guests to the royal residence, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who reversed his decision to skip Cop27 in Egypt next week, bowing to pressure from activists, his own environment adviser and Boris Johnson. Despite No.10’s U-turn, the King is still not planning to attend Cop27.
Downing Street acknowledged on Thursday (November 3) that the King might have been able to join delegates in Egypt if the prime minister had been in office earlier in the year. When Liz Truss was premier, a “unanimous agreement” was reached that the King should not attend after advice was sought by his office from the Government.
