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King Charles And Queen Camilla En Route To Australia For Royal Tour

King Charles And Queen Camilla En Route To Australia For Royal Tour

King Charles and Queen Camilla are drawing closer to touching down in Australia as excitement builds among flag-waving monarchists for their whirlwind royal tour.

The trip is the couple's first Australian visit since the British monarch's coronation in May 2023, having previously visited the country in 2018 for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

The Sydney Opera House sails will be lit up for the couple's arrival on Friday night before the royals are kept busy with formal dinners, wreath laying, fleet inspecting and hand-shaking during their five-day tour.

Members of the public will have multiple chances to glimpse Australia's new monarch as the royal couple visit iconic Sydney and Canberra landmarks while also making time for smaller community events.

The Australian Monarchist League's Damien De Pyle said it would be a privilege for the nation to welcome the King back to Australia.

"It's obviously a very special country for him ... this is the first Commonwealth country he's visited since becoming King," he told AAP.

The King and Queen will rest on Saturday, with official duties starting on Sunday, including a church service and a visit from Governor-General Sam Mostyn and NSW Governor Margaret Beazley.

However, there is speculation Royal Randwick could be graced with an appearance from the couple on Saturday for the $20 million Everest, the world's richest horse race outside the United Arab Emirates.

The pair will travel to Canberra on Monday, where they will lay a wreath at the Australian War Memorial before receiving an official welcome at Parliament House.

The royals will also meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, plant a tree, and tour the botanic gardens.

Fans will be able to see the pair about midday at the For Our Country memorial, which commemorates the military service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Sydneysiders will be able to see the King and Queen at the Opera House on Tuesday at about 4.30pm.

Australian Monarchist League volunteers plan to hand out flags at the Opera House among the gathering crowds.

"Some media love to portray monarchists as collectors of tea towels, cups and saucers," the league's national chair Philip Benwell said.

"The AML is not about that but about the serious business of defending the Australian Constitution and Crown."

Forty per cent of Australians don't know the British monarch is also Australia's head of state, according to research commissioned by the Australian Republican Movement.

With AAP.

Image: AAP

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