King Charles III has been presented with rare Australian honours during his first tour of Australia since ascending to the throne.

King Charles' admirers got a first glimpse of their reigning monarch Sunday, as the British royal attended a church service and expressed his "great joy" at returning Down Under. The 75-year-old sovereign arrived in Sydney late on Friday evening,

King Charles has declared that democratic systems must “evolve” ahead of meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and prominent Australians at Parliament House on Monday.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived in Sydney for Australia, to a wet but warm welcome for their first visit to a realm since taking the throne.

British-born Simon Charles Dorante-Day has made headlines around the world over claims he is the illegitimate love-child of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

King Charles and Queen ­Camilla arrived in Sydney yesterday for the first Australian visit by a reigning monarch in more than a decade, a trip that has rekindled debate about the nation’s constitutional links to Britain.

A particular type of rhetorical syrup that “oozes over cracks” in the Australia-Britain relationship will be on full display.