EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The King and Liz Truss might want to discuss the need for sharper elbows when they begin their weekly audiences this week.

King Charles is understood to want his Coronation to set the tone for a streamlined monarchy, while retaining some of the pomp that stunned the world during the Queen’s funeral.

The Conservative leader has come under mounting pressure to say if she will visit the climate talks after it emerged that she had advised the King to stay away from the meeting of world leaders.

The decision is likely to mark a rocky start to relations between the new Prime Minister and new King, although sources downplayed any disagreement and said the meeting had been ‘cordial’.

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Wednesday the new monarch gracing the design shouldn’t be an automatic decision and the person featured should be up for discussion.

RICHARD KAY: As dresser, personal assistant and confidante, the Liverpool docker’s daughter occupied an intriguing role in the late Queen’s life.

The Duke of York, 62, will not return to royal duties, palace sources claim, after he was allowed to wear his military uniform at the Queen’s vigil while she lay in state in Westminster.

Meghan Markle has allegedly requested a ‘one-to-one’ meeting with King Charles to heal rifts before her departure to California with Harry after the Queen’s funeral, according to a royal insider.