Speaking to the BBC late on Sunday , Mr Albanese said it was up to the new King if he wanted to remain outspoken, but the prime minister would be “comfortable” if the monarch did so.
The prospect of King Charles being a very different sort of monarch to Queen Elizabeth - potentially promoting more controversy and less stability - has got republicans looking to exploit the succession to push their case. “I don’t think now’s the time to discuss those issues, and I have made that clear. This is a time in which we should acknowledge the life of service of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth,” he told the BBC.
“There will continue to be an evolution in our [NZ-UK] relationship. I don’t believe it [a republic] will be quick or soon, but over the course of my lifetime,” she said.Anthony Albanese with King Charles on September 17. The prime minister’s constitutional mind at the moment is not with the republic but with the Voice to parliament.
As prince, Charles told the COP26 gathering in Glasgow a year ago that climate change was “an existential threat” that required the world to go on “a warlike footing”.
Because the monarch is apolitical. Climate science isn’t politics (unless you’re a RWNJ)
Pretty sure that whole separation of powers thing in the English Constitution means he cant...