Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met King Charles at Balmoral Castle after flying to Scotland for the private audience at the highland estate.

Albanese flew from London on Saturday morning with his fiancée, Jodie Haydon, for a meeting that was long-planned but kept largely confidential for days.

Video of the meeting shows the King greeting Haydon before the prime minister stepped forward to shake the King’s hand, to be met with a warm smile from the monarch.

Albanese mentioned his visit to Balmoral in some of his meetings with leaders in London on Friday, highlighting the importance of the trip.

“It will be quite a privilege to go up to Balmoral tomorrow, I’m looking forward to it,” he told Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch when they met on Friday at Stoke Lodge, the official

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