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King Charles and Queen Camilla had a very busy final day in Australia as they attended various events across Sydney.
The King visted the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, Cowper Street Development, a Sustainable Markets Initiative, and a King’s Foundation event at Admiralty House as well as Melanoma Institute Australia.
The Queen visited Refettorio Oz Harvest and Green Square Library. Together, their Majesties also attended a community BBQ hosted by the Premier in Parramatta Park, met the people at Sydney Opera House, and participated in a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Review at Man O’War steps.
Charles and Camilla met with many Australian celebrities as they attended the community BBQ in Parramatta Park, joined by invited guests, including community leaders, volunteers and sports officials.
The event WAS hosted by NSW Premier Chris Minns at 11.30am on Tuesday, October 22. The attendees feated on a lamb sausage with smoked labneh, zhoug, herbs, pickled onions and sumac on freshly baked pita bread.
Some Australian celebrities had been confirmed to attend the lunch and meet the royals are before the event took place. These celebrities included:
- Casey Donovan – singer and actress, grew up in Bankstown
- Noemi Fox – canoeist, Olympic Medalist
- Lawrence Thomas – Western Sydney Wanderers captain
- Deng Adut – former child soldier, refugee lawyer and Australian of the Year
- Dr Daniel Nour – doctor and Young Australian of the Year
- Professor Veena Sahajwalla – inventor and Australian of the Year
- Bernie Shakeshaft – BackTrack Youth Works founder and Australian of the Year
- Danny and Leila Abdallah – i4give Foundation founders
Below, we have gathered a gallery of Australian celebrities who met the royals during their visit…
Jad Nehmetallah
Gogglebox cast member Jad Nehmetallah met King Charles at the local BBQ in Parramatta during the royal tour in Sydney.
Following their interaction, Jad appeared on The Project to discuss more about their conversation.
“It was fantastic. It was a once in a lifetime experience,” he said.
“I actually shook his hand and had a chat with him. I actually then complimented him on how nice his suit was… and he cracked up laughing.”
Noemi Fox
Australian Olympic slalom canoeist met with King Charles at Parramatta Park in Sydney.
Noemi shared a video to her Instagram story at the time, showing her shaking hands and chatting with the King!
David Warner
Australian cricket player David Warner met and shook hands with King Charles during his royal visit.
Chris Green
Australia cricketer Chris Green was also there to gree the King.
Jayden Lawrence
Jayden Lawrence, who competed as a wrestler in the 2024 Paris Olympics, also got the privilege of chatting with King Charles at the BBQ.
He later took to Instagram to share his experience: “It was an honour to meet the king at an Ozzie BBQ with fellow western Sydney achievers and talk about my time at the Olympics and wrestling was a great day for the community,” he wrote.
Other Australian celebrities who met the royals
Though there are no photos, The Age reported that the King also chatted with the original Blue Wiggle Anthony Field, comedian Ahn Do, and Amy Scott, the hero of the Bondi stabbings in April.
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