By Charlotte Wace Royal Correspondent For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 01:10 BST, 26 May 2019 | Updated: 01:10 BST, 26 May 2019
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Prince Charles is prepared for a frank exchange of views with Donald Trump over climate change during the US President’s State visit to Britain next month, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
According to a source close to the Prince, Charles will be ‘very happy’ to talk about climate change if the subject is raised by the President.
The two men have long been outspoken in their very different views on global warming.
Charles has been a passionate environmental campaigner for decades and called for international co-operation to reduce greenhouse emissions in the run-up to the landmark Paris Agreement of 2015.
Prince Charles (left) is prepared for a frank exchange of views with Donald Trump (centre with wife Melania, right) over climate change during the US President’s State visit to Britain next month, The Mail on Sunday can reveal (photo taken in 2005)
Trump sparked widespread outrage when he pulled the US out of the treaty, and is even on record as claiming that ‘the concept of global warming was created’ by China to damage the US economy.
According to Palace sources, diplomatic protocol says that the agenda for the meeting should be dictated by Trump as the visiting head of state.
But a source close to the Prince last night told The Mail on Sunday ‘it remains very likely’ climate change will be discussed, adding that no conversations have taken place to prevent it from being raised.
The source said: ‘Climate change is a subject
