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15-08-2024, 01:44 AM
The King and Queen to visit Australia this autumn
The King and Queen of Australia will go down under and to Samoa this October
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to visit Australia and Samoa in October, as the King takes on more public duties while receiving cancer treatment.
The pair will carry out engagements in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, before heading to Samoa for a Commonwealth summit.
The King will make the lengthy journey despite his diagnosis for an undisclosed form of cancer earlier this year.
But Buckingham Palace have confirmed that the couple will not visit New Zealand, saying doctors have advised against an extended visit on health grounds.
"In close consultation with the Australian and New Zealand prime ministers, and with due regard for the pressures of time and logistics, it has therefore been agreed to limit the visit to Samoa and Australia only," the Palace said in a statement.
This will be the King's first visit to Australia as Monarch. It is also his first official overseas tour since his cancer diagnosis.
In Samoa, they will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
In Australia, their programme includes visits to the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
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The couple are expected to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm), which brings together delegations from the 56 countries in the Commonwealth.
Further details of the visit to the two countries are expected to be announced shortly, and the couple's programme and schedule changes will be subject to doctor's advice.
The 75-year-old monarch last visited Australia in 2018 with the Queen for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
The Australian Government recently abolished the Ministry for a Republic, conceding that another referendum on the monarchy isn't going to happen.
A shame they haven't done a post-Coronation tour of all the realms, but the Queen is known to dislike long haul travel.
Following the failure of 'The Voice' referendum in Australia, Prime Minister Albanese recently abolished the Republic Ministry de facto accepting that a republic isn't going to happen - which is what I predicted wayyyy back even when Queen Elizabeth II was alive. I fully expect to see a King William V and then King George VII on the throne of Australia within our lifetimes.
The King and Queen of Australia will go down under and to Samoa this October
https://i0.wp.com/thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/66946d3e2fadd3.22142669.jpeg?w=2000&ssl=1
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to visit Australia and Samoa in October, as the King takes on more public duties while receiving cancer treatment.
The pair will carry out engagements in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, before heading to Samoa for a Commonwealth summit.
The King will make the lengthy journey despite his diagnosis for an undisclosed form of cancer earlier this year.
But Buckingham Palace have confirmed that the couple will not visit New Zealand, saying doctors have advised against an extended visit on health grounds.
"In close consultation with the Australian and New Zealand prime ministers, and with due regard for the pressures of time and logistics, it has therefore been agreed to limit the visit to Samoa and Australia only," the Palace said in a statement.
This will be the King's first visit to Australia as Monarch. It is also his first official overseas tour since his cancer diagnosis.
In Samoa, they will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
In Australia, their programme includes visits to the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/09/09/4AF8135500000578-5593329-Here_comes_Charles_The_royal_made_a_dramatic_entra nce_flanked_by-m-54_1523261995507.jpg
The couple are expected to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm), which brings together delegations from the 56 countries in the Commonwealth.
Further details of the visit to the two countries are expected to be announced shortly, and the couple's programme and schedule changes will be subject to doctor's advice.
The 75-year-old monarch last visited Australia in 2018 with the Queen for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
The Australian Government recently abolished the Ministry for a Republic, conceding that another referendum on the monarchy isn't going to happen.
A shame they haven't done a post-Coronation tour of all the realms, but the Queen is known to dislike long haul travel.
Following the failure of 'The Voice' referendum in Australia, Prime Minister Albanese recently abolished the Republic Ministry de facto accepting that a republic isn't going to happen - which is what I predicted wayyyy back even when Queen Elizabeth II was alive. I fully expect to see a King William V and then King George VII on the throne of Australia within our lifetimes.