Reports that PM hoped King Charles would meet European Commission chief are wrong, says source
Rishi Sunak was not intending to use King Charles to endorse his much-anticipated deal to end the row with the EU over the Northern Ireland protocol, government sources have said.
According to reports, there had been plans for an in-person meeting between the king and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, as part of a trip to the UK to seal the deal on the Brexit trading arrangements.
