SYDNEY — The sails of the iconic Sydney Opera House were illuminated on Friday night (Oct 18) with a photographic tribute to welcome King Charles and Queen Camilla, as they arrived in Australia on the first visit by a reigning British monarch in 13 years.

The royal couple arrived in Sydney on a Royal Australian Air Force plane on Friday evening, and were greeted on the tarmac by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Australia's Governor-General Sam Mostyn and the premier of New South Wales state Chris Minns.

King Charles carried an umbrella and chatted with the welcoming party, as rain cleared for the royals' arrival.

The couple later met with Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon at Admiralty House, a historic government foreshore residence overlooking Sydney Harbour and the opera house, where they will stay.

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