Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, along with the Governor-General Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, will welcome Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Australia in October this year.
While The King has previously made 15 official visits to Australia, this will be his first as Sovereign following his Accession in 2022 and the first visit to Australia by a reigning monarch since 2011. Their Majesties will visit NSW and the ACT, before travelling to Samoa to join leaders of the 56 Commonwealth nations for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
The King and Queen have also provided their official Australian portraits in which The King wears The Sovereign’s Badge of the Order of Australia and The Queen wears the Wattle Brooch which was gifted to Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Australia in 1954.
The portraits are available to download for private use by individuals, and printed copies can be requested through Federal Members of the House of Representatives or Senators in their state or territory.