King Charles Abandons Plans To Attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss's Advice'

2nd October 2022

A report in the Guardian talks about Liz Truss advising King Charles not to go to Cop 27 in Egypt next month.

Prime minister reportedly raised objections to him going during personal audience at Buckingham Palace

King Charles III has reportedly abandoned plans to attend and deliver a speech at the Cop27 climate change summit on the advice of Liz Truss.

The monarch, a veteran campaigner on environmental issues, had been invited to the 27th UN climate change conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, next month.

But the prime minister is understood to have raised objections during a personal audience at Buckingham Palace last month, according to the Sunday Times.

Buckingham Palace has confirmed King Charles III will not attend the summit.

Read the full article HERE

Comment
Was the Prime Minister right to block the king from attending or is it a case of not wanting to be upstaged.