The pair met at a hotel in Dubai ahead of the conference to discuss energy, environment, the Commonwealth and global security. It was the first of a series of meetings with world leaders during the trip.
The King went on to welcome Lord Cameron to Dubai, with the pair meeting during an engagement to see examples of clean technology and innovations to fight climate change at the Heriot-Watt University campus.
His appearance follows the publication of Omid Scobie’s Endgame, a new biography about the royal family.
The identities of two members of the family named as taking part in conversations about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby’s skin colour were published in the Dutch translation of the book.
Scobie’s book describes how the Duchess of Sussex wrote to her father-in-law, the then Prince Charles, to express her concern about unconscious bias in the royal family.
The letter, first revealed by the UK’s Daily Telegraph, was sent after the Sussexes’ March 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview, in which the duchess alleged that a member of the royal family had speculated about the colour of her unborn son’s skin.
Scobie further details how the duchess named two people who had upset her with the discussion. He does not name either person in the English language version, citing “laws in the UK”.
The Dutch version, pulled from the shelves within a day of publication, names both in two separate chapters.
Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and Archewell have not yet responded to requests for comment.
