Buckingham Palace reported in the UK in response to an article in The Sunday Times that British Prime Minister Liz Terrace had “ordered” Britain’s King Charles III not to attend the COP27 climate summit due to be held in Sharm El Sheikh. , Egypt, the following November, that the king asked for advice, which was given by the terrace, and “it was agreed that the king would not be present, in friendship and mutual respect.”

The British newspaper The Times reported that the king, before taking office, was delighted to attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, but the prime minister advised him not to attend the summit.

Notably, King Charles traveled to Egypt in November 2021, with the then blessing of the government, to urge the Egyptian administration to continue its efforts and met with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. And last year, he gave a speech at the opening ceremony of COP26 in Glasgow, when the UK hosted the summit, where the late Queen spoke at the event via video link.