King Carlos III will not travel to the COP27 scheduled for November in Egypt, after the prime minister opposed his participation, reported on Saturday night the sunday time.
The new monarch of the United Kingdom, a fervent environmentalist, who has just succeeded his mother Elizabeth II, was scheduled to deliver a speech during this climate summit (from November 6 to 18), according to the British weekly. But this plan was foiled by Liz Truss, who objected during a personal audience with the king at Buckingham Palace in September.
This information comes at a delicate moment for the Prime Minister, in office for less than a month and already in crisis after the budget announcements turned into a financial fiasco. Some fear that Liz Truss is backtracking on the country’s climate change commitments.
Liz Truss should also skip it
The presentation of the last week of a project of the visant to modify or to supprimer d’ici end 2023 of the centaines de lois de protection de l’environnement héritées de l’Union européenne agi comme la goutte faisant déborder le vas auprès des defenders of the environment. And his cabinet has several ministers who are skeptical about carbon neutrality by 2050 as prescribed by the Paris agreement. According to sunday timethe Prime Minister will also not participate in COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh.
This summit was held in 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Isabel II, the future King Carlos III and his son Guillermo were present. A royal source told the newspaper that “it was no mystery that the king was invited” to COP27. But he “had to think very seriously about the steps to take for his first foreign tour” and the climate summit will not be one of them.
In the UK, all official visits abroad by members of the Royal Family are carried out in accordance with government recommendations.
Source: BFM TV
