King Charles Ditches Tradition in Climate Change Talks With Biden

President Joe Biden met King Charles III for the first time since his coronation Monday, giving the president a lavish welcome to Windsor Castle where Biden was saluted by the scarlet tunic and bearskin clad brass band of the Welsh Guards.

In a significant break with tradition, the palace briefed that their meeting would be dominated by discussions of the environment and climate change.

The decision to brief on the environmental content of their meeting in advance signalled again Charles’ apparent unwillingness to abandon his lifelong causes, despite a vow to do so at his accession. The king is supposed to sit above politics—Charles’ supporters argue that the climate crisis is too.

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