King Charles has returned to London and is carrying out official duties despite his son, The Duke of Sussex, entering the witness box to give evidence at the High Court in central London. This morning, the King attended a reception next door to his Clarence House residence, in support of Indonesian conservation efforts at Lancaster House.
The King met with the president of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, with the pair due to have an audience together afterwards at nearby St James’s Palace.
Prince Harry was reunited with Charles for the first time in 19 months on his last visit to the UK in September.
But the King and his youngest son are not expected to see one another this time, with the monarch following the general principle that a sovereign should steer clear of any active legal proceedings. It is understood that the King has no plans to meet with his son while he is back in the UK this week, as he doesn’t want to be seen to getting involved in the civil court case.
Prince Harry and six other claimants, Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, politician Sir Simon Hughes, and actresses Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley are all bringing legal action against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over allegations of unlawful information gathering.
This includes claims that information for articles was obtained by carrying out or commissioning unlawful activities such as phone tapping and “blagging” private records.
ANL has strongly denied wrongdoing and is defending the claims.
Today the King will be continuing with his official duties. Before the King arrived back in London, a roundtable discussion was staged at Lancaster House to mobilise support for the conservation of Indonesia’s biodiversity and landscapes, including through the Peusangan Elephant Conservation Initiative (PECI) which focuses on protecting critically endangered Sumatran elephants and the forests on which they depend.
The talks were co-hosted by the UK’s minister for Indo-Pacific Seema Malhotra and Indonesian special presidential envoy on energy and environment Hashim Djojohadikusumo.
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