52 minutes ago A history of royal tours Down Under: From a young Queen Elizabeth II to Harry and Meghan’s baby joy

King Charles’s first visit to Australia as monarch will begin on Friday

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53 minutes ago Watch live: King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Australia for first visit since coronation

Watch live as King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Australia on Friday, 18 October, for their first official visit since the coronation.

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77 minutes ago Charles and Camilla praise ‘beautiful’ Australia as they begin historic tour Down Under

The six-day trip to Canberra and Sydney is Charles’s first to a realm since he became monarch following the death of Queen Elizabeth II

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1 hour ago Royal news live: King Charles sends message to Australia as monarch set for first visit since cancer diagnosis

The visit will be King Charles’s first tour of Australia as king

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4 hours ago Victoria at risk of tornadoes as thunderstorms and giant hail lash Australia’s south

Bureau of Meteorology warns parts of Victoria to brace for ‘dangerous’ storm and intense rainfall that could lead to ‘life-threatening flash flooding’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSevere thunderstorms with “giant hail” the size of golf balls, wild winds and heavy rainfall are lashing Australia’s south-east as a cold front tracks across the nation, bringing the risk of tornadoes to parts of Victoria.Residents in Geelong and the Bellarine peninsula were being urged to brace for a “very dangerous” storm late Friday afternoon, with intense rainfall that could lead to “dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding”. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Victoria at risk of tornadoes as storms and giant hail forecast to lash Australia’s south

Bureau of Meteorology expects cold front to bring damaging weather and dangerous wind gusts across Victoria, NSW and Tasmania on FridayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSevere thunderstorms with “giant hail” the size of golf balls, wild winds and heavy rainfall are lashing Australia’s south-east as a cold front tracks across the nation, bringing the risk of tornadoes to parts of Victoria.A senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, Angus Hines, said the focus of the thunderstorm outbreak on Friday afternoon was turning to the south-eastern states of New South Wales, and parts of Tasmania and Victoria.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Wild weather and giant hail forecast to welcome King Charles in Sydney

Bureau of Meteorology expects cold front to bring damaging weather and dangerous wind gusts across Australia’s east and south-east on FridayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSevere thunderstorms are forecast to strike Sydney on Friday about the same time King Charles’s flight touches down, as a cold front packing high winds and giant hail tracks east across the country.King Charles and Queen Camilla are scheduled to arrive just after 7pm, and they can expect wild weather in Australia. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago King Charles III lands in Australia's republic debate in the first visit by a monarch in 13 years

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will soon arrive in Sydney on the first Australian visit by a reigning monarch in more than a decade

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11 hours ago Real reason Kate Middleton didn't go to Balmoral while Harry fumed as Queen lay dying

Prince Harry was told by King Charles that Kate was not going to be gonig to Balmoral at the time of the Queen's death, but the Princess of Wales had her own reason for not attending

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