Boris Johnson ‘squared up’ to King Charles over Rwanda policy

Former PM disputes his long-standing ally’s account of ‘showdown’ meeting as ‘inaccurate’

Boris Johnson confronted King Charles III over the Rwanda asylum policy – “squaring up” to him for branding the plan “appalling”, it has been alleged.

Guto Harri, No 10’s director of communications under the former PM, claimed Mr Johnson told him he “went in quite hard” on the then-Prince of Wales in a remarkable meeting over royal interference in politics.

Charles and Mr Johnson’s “showdown” discussion is said to have happened at a Commonwealth summit in the capital Kigali in June following the royal’s reported criticism of the plan to send failed asylum seekers to Rwanda.