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King Charles was urged to attend a climate change summit next month and ignore Liz Truss's advice to stay away today - by one of her own MPs.

The new King, a veteran environmental campaigner, reportedly scrapped plans to speak at the COP27 meeting in Egypt after the Prime Minister objected.

Last night, Buckingham Palace sources confirmed that Charles was no longer attending the event which he had planned to when he was Prince of Wales.

However sources insisted he had not been ordered to stay away by the PM and stressed instead that he had sought the advice of No 10. They said the decision for the King not to attend had been unanimous.

But today Tobias Elwood suggested he should consider going anyway.

He wrote online: 'I hope common sense will prevail. King Charles is a globally respected voice on the environment and climate change.

'His attendance would add serious authority to the British delegation. Can we really go from hosting COP26 to benching soft power at COP27?'

Meanwhile Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke said the decision that the King should not attend the international gathering in Egypt had been taken 'consensually' between the Government and the Palace.