The prime minister is attending the UN climate conference in Egypt next week after a U-turn, but the King will miss the gathering of world leaders, business figures and environmentalists.
The King has long campaigned on environmental issues, and last autumn he told the Cop26 talks in Glasgow that the world had had enough of talking and commitments needed to be put into practice.
But the “soft power” diplomacy of the monarchy will be absent from the international gathering at Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
During Liz Truss’s brief premiership, a “unanimous agreement” was reached that the King should not attend Cop27 after advice was sought by his offie from the government.
At a reception in the Buckingham Palace ballroom yesterday, Mr Sunak said: “As recent events have shown, delivering on the promise of Glasgow is more important than ever.
“More important because, as we have seen so starkly with the war in Ukraine, it is vital to invest in secure, renewable sources of energy and sustainable food production.
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