Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterates invitation for King Charles and royals to visit Australia
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reiterated his invitation for King Charles and members of the royal family to visit Australia.
The Aussie PM, who has has flown into the UK for His Majesty's coronation on May 6, made the offer during the pair's audience at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday afternoon (12.30am Wednesday AEST).
The meeting, said to be insightful and rewarding, was not the pair's first, having met in the less jubilant days before Queen Elizabeth's funeral in September.
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King Charles hosted Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday afternoon (12.30am Wednesday AEST). Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images
The audience at Buckingham Palace comes just days before His Majesty's coronation on May 6, which is why the Aussie PM has flown into the UK. Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images
This time there were beaming smiles across their faces and laughs all round when the monarch met with Albanese.
It's the second Australian engagement for the King in a number of days, with the monarch also meeting some torch bearers of the Australian Legacy Torch Relay in the quadrangle of Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
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His Majesty has a rich relationship with Australia, having done two terms at Geelong Grammar in Victoria when he was 17.
He has since visited Australia 15 times and Queen Consort Camilla has made three trips.
Their last visit Australia was in April 2018, back when they were still Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
There were beaming smiles across their faces and laughs all round when the monarch met with Albanese. Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images
It was not the pair's first meeting, having met at Buckingham Palace in less jubilant times, ahead of Queen Elizabeth's funeral in September. Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Earlier in the day, King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla had a different type of political meet and greet in the Palace of Westminster.
The couple attended a reception inside Westminster Hall, where Queen Elizabeth's body lay in state last year, to celebrate their coronation.
Their Majesties met with members from both Houses of Parliament including the Speakers, senior leaders and those with shared interests, such as the environment, education and the arts.
King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla had a different type of political meet and greet in the Palace of Westminster, including with Speakers. Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images
King Charles meets UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (centre), Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (right) and The Speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle (left) at the Westminster Hall Reception. Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images
King Charles will officially take the crown in a ceremony inside Westminster Abbey on Saturday, having been the world's longest serving heir-apparent.
He was Prince of Wales for 64 years and 44 days, having been given the title at the age of nine, before his formal investiture at the age of 20, in July 1969.
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