Alok Sharma says the King has been a champion of the environment and other countries want him to attend COP27.
King Charles should attend the upcoming climate change conference COP27, the president of last year's summit and member of Liz Truss's cabinet has said.which claimed the prime minister had "ordered" the King not to attend.Mr Sharma said the King had championed the environment for decades and other countries wanted him to attend.
"Of course, he is head of state in the United Kingdom but he is also head of state in other countries, some of which are very much on the front line of climate change." Mr Sharma said he couldn't comment about the content of the conversations between the King and prime minister, but said the monarch had for decades been a "huge global champion of the environment and tackling climate change long before it was a mainstream issue".
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