The King with Liz Truss on September 18. The prime minister objected to his plans to attend the climate gatheringMonarch wanted to deliver a speech but he consulted with officials and agreed not to goThe King, a passionate environmental campaigner, has abandoned plans to attend next month’s Cop27 climate change summit after Liz Truss told him to stay away. SponsoredTruss, who is also unlikely to attend the Sharm el-Sheikh gathering, objected to the King’s plans during a personal audience at Buckingham Palace last month. The decision is likely to fuel tensions between the new prime minister and the new monarch, although a Downing Street source claimed the audience had been cordial and there had “not been a row”. The news comes amid suspicion that the government may water down, or abandon, its environmental target to achieve “net zero” by 2050.

Source: The Times October 02, 2022 00:01 UTC