Kemi Badenoch to meet King Charles in revived royal practice King Charles will bring back the tradition for the first time in almost 20 years.
Kemi Badenoch is set to meet King Charles in Buckingham Palace on Monday, as he revives a tradition where the monarch holds a formal introduction with the leader of the opposition.
The King decided to revive the one-off meeting for whenever a new leader of the opposition is elected, alongside his weekly audiences with the Prime Minister, to underline the importance of parliamentary scrutiny in government.
A royal senior aide said: “It’s something that will happen now with each new leader of the opposition’” adding it was because Ms Badenoch “is leader of His Majesty’s opposition.”.
Former leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn never had a one-to-one meeting with the late Queen in his four and a half years in the role.
