![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/king-charles-to-host-buckingham-palace-reception-after-decision-not-to-attend-cop27/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TELEMMGLPICT000309561572_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqxf0udJPckKC_3Kw9fqS3NYO2JF_w593QGlWaWVZxraI.jpeg&description=The King is not likely to give a formal speech, although his own initiatives including the Sustainable Markets Initiative - his project to bring together the private sector in support of sustainability - will feature. No member of the Royal Family will travel to Cop27, including the new Prince of Wales who has also made saving the planet one of his key campaigning issues including his Earthshot Prize. It is a marked contrast to Cop26 in Glasgow last year, where senior members of the family attended en masse and the late Queen Elizabeth II delivered a powerful opening message urging world leaders to find solutions to save the planet. On Friday, Therese Coffey, the Environment Secretary, said it was "up to him" whether the King attended the summit. Downing Street later clarified that advice about the King's travel had been 'sought and provided' under Liz Truss's government, and had not changed with Mr Sunak. After it was claimed the King would be 'personally disappointed' to miss the event and was 'all lined up to go', a palace source previously insisted the King was mindful of his changed role following the death of his mother, and his new constitutional role. King 'most charming, talkative, intelligent person' Speaking separately in a new ITV programme entitled "Charles: Our New King", former prime minister David Cameron said he believed the King had always understood how his role must change. 'The King is the sovereign but Parliament is sovereign,' Mr Cameron told the programme, which is to be aired on Wednesday November 2. 'He understands that. I remember him saying to me: 'I understand the difference between being the heir to the throne, where you're perfectly entitled to get involved in issues and push for issues, and being monarch in that important constitutional role'." He also described how the then-Prince of Wales was a sought-after dinner companion, saying: "My wife always used to say that if she was going to one of those State events, please let me sit nex){kind=link}
The monarch is said to be accepting of government advice not to fly to event
The King is to host a reception for international leaders at Buckingham Palace ahead of the Cop27 summit, as he finds a way to support the environment conference despite not attending in person.
The King is said to have “mutually agreed” not to fly to the conference in person on the advice of the Government, in a decision upheld by the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
He will instead host an event for business leaders, NGOs, experts and decision-makers at the palace, shortly before Cop27 gets underway in Sharm El Sheikh.
Among the guests expected to attend are Mr Sunak, Alok Sharma, the president for last year’s UN Climate Change Conference, and members of the Cabinet.