King Charles’ royal Australian tour LIVE: His Majesty and Queen Camilla visit Canberra after warm welcome in Sydney

King Charles and Queen Camilla will spend just one day in the nation’s capital on Monday where they are expected to be greeted by thousands of fans.

During their time in Canberra, the Royals will visit the Australian War Memorial where they will lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier where The Last Post will be played before a minute of silence.

The pair will separate to attend different events but will both take a stroll through the National Botanic Gardens later on Monday afternoon.

King Charles is expected to give a speech at 1pm before he will be able to meet those who gathered to see the Royal visit.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will also hold a reception for Charles and Camilla inside the Great Hall at Parliament House.

Charles will visit the CSIRO National Bushfire Research Centre to meet with firefighters and scientists.

The Queen will meanwhile partake in a roundtable on the issue of domestic violence.

Charles and Camilla have official engagements in Sydney on Tuesday before returning to the UK.

King Charles and Queen Camilla will be greeting crowds from 12.35pm at Canberra’s Australian War Memorial.

Those wishing to see Their Majesties are urged to arrive no later than 11.45am for security screening and to avoid road closures.

Visitors will have another chance to see the King and Queen later at Parliament House.

Royal fans should arrive no later than 12.10pm.

A small group of anti-monarchy protesters had gathered outside the St Thomas’ Anglican Church in North Sydney on Sunday morning for the Royal visit.

They gathered under a large ‘decolonise’ banner around 100 metres away but they failed to spoil the joyful mood.

The protesters used a megaphone to shout their support for indigenous rights and waved Palestinian and Lebanon flags.

A handful of locals shouted ‘get lost’ and ‘get a life’ in frustration as they walked past, while one man told them: ‘Be thankful you live in a free society where you can argue across the street.’

Fans waiting inside the church grounds to shake hands with the King and Queen described the ongoing republican debate as a ‘bore’.

After the King and Queen arrived, the protestors were drowned out by shouts of ‘hip hip hooray’ and blocked from sight by hundreds of camera phones held aloft.

The King and Queen were warmly welcomed in Sydney on their visit to St Thomas’ Anglican Church on Sunday.

Handed armfuls of flowers, toy koalas and even some kangaroo jerky, the couple were repeatedly thanked for making the long journey over, particularly in light of His Majesty’s on-going cancer treatment.

Fans waiting inside the church grounds – including dozens of Sunday school children – were thrilled to shake hands with the King and Queen, while others described the ongoing republican debate as a ‘bore’.

Afterwards one child delightedly shouted ‘I touched the King!’. ‘It was so good, he was so kind,’ said another little girl.

Stepping outside the church to loud cheers from the hundreds gathered on the lawn opposite the church, the King waved before walking over to speak to members of the public.

Some well-wishers said they had begun queuing at 5am to get a prime spot to see the couple, with others in the crowd flying in from other parts of Australia especially.