Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla will make a long awaited visit to Australia, stopping in Sydney and Canberra from 18 October to 23 October 2024.
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00:00King Charles and Queen Camilla will
00:02make a long awaited return to
00:04Australia in October twenty twenty
00:05four, with a stopover incredibly
00:08close to their hearts.
00:10The king, who, along with his
00:11daughter in law, the Princess of
00:12Wales, has been undergoing treatment
00:14for cancer, will meet with
00:16Australians of the year, Professor
00:17Georgina Long and Professor Richard
00:19Scalia at the University of Sydney
00:22to learn about their groundbreaking
00:24cancer research.
00:25The five day tour from October
00:2718th to the 23rd will
00:29also feature a fleet review
00:31in Sydney and a cultural barbecue
00:33showcasing New South Wales's
00:35diversity.
00:36His Majesty first visited
00:38Australia in nineteen
00:40sixty six and has
00:42a strong personal affection for
00:44our nation.
00:45We are delighted that His Majesty
00:47is recovering well and
00:49has made visiting Australia once
00:51again a priority.
00:53In Canberra, the royal couple
00:55will visit Parliament House, the
00:57Australian War Memorial and the
00:59Australian National Botanic Gardens
01:01to discuss climate change, an issue
01:03King Charles has always had top of
01:05mind in diplomatic visits.
01:07Billions of people around the world
01:08are waiting and longing for
01:10concerted action to right
01:12the balance of this planet that we
01:14have so rashly disrupted.
01:16The trip will mark the first royal
01:17tour of Australia by a reigning
01:19monarch since Queen Elizabeth
01:21II, who visited Canberra,
01:23Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth
01:25in 2011.
01:29The Royal Tour of Australia will
01:31be the first of its kind in
01:32Australia since Queen Elizabeth
01:34II, who visited Perth in 2011.
01:36The Royal Tour of Australia will
01:38be the first of its kind in
01:40Australia since Queen Elizabeth
01:42II, who visited Perth in 2011.
01:44The Royal Tour of Australia will
01:46be the first of its kind in
01:48Australia since Queen Elizabeth
01:50II, who visited Perth in 2011.
01:52The Royal Tour of Australia will
01:54be the first of its kind in
01:56Australia since Queen Elizabeth