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.
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.
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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.
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Her Majesty will be laid to rest in Windsor next to her beloved husband Prince Philip and her parents later today.