15-bedroom mansion where King Charles and Queen Camilla will stay in Sydney

King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to land in Sydney at around 7pm on Friday night for their short Australian tour. The visit will mark Charles' first trip to Australia as monarch.

The royal couple's time in the country will be shorter than usual due to the King's ongoing cancer treatment, which will be paused while he completes the tour. Due to it being a shorter trip, Charles isn't able to make it to New Zealand, but he will head to Samoa for a few days after his Australian visit.

The King and Queen will be met by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns, who said he hoped His Majesty will have a good time in NSW.

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"I’m a Republican but I’m going to treat him as an honoured guest in NSW, which he genuinely is," Minns said. "I hope he’ll have a great time here and I’ll be on my best behaviour."

Where will King Charles and Queen Camilla stay in Sydney?

Charles and Camilla are likely to stay at Admiralty House, which is on the Kirribilli waterfront and is the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia, Sam Mostyn. They've stayed here in the past, as have Charles' sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, with their wives, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, on separate occasions.

Admiralty House is a huge 15-bedroom mansion featuring seven guest bedrooms, one private apartment with two bedrooms, eight offices, three reception rooms and six staff bedrooms.

It's also only a short distance from the Prime Minister's home, Kirribilli House.

What does King Charles travel with?

It's previously been reported in Tina Brown’s book The Palace Papers that Charles doesn't travel lightly and even brings his own toilet seat on trips.

The book states that Charles travels with an "orthopedic bed, lavatory seat, and Kleenex Velvet lavatory paper, plus two landscapes of the Scottish landscapes."

However, Charles hit back at these claims in a 2018 interview on Aussie radio station Hit105.

"My own what? Oh don't believe all that crap," Charles said.

The show then asked Camilla, "So, he doesn't carry his own toilet seat when he travels?"

"Don't you believe that!" she responded.

He does, however, travel with his own personal packs of blood that follow him wherever he goes.

"You've got to make sure that you're covering every eventuality and the aircraft would carry blood in case there was blood transfusion," former press secretary to the Queen Dickie Arbiter told HELLO!.

"There's never any guarantee you are going to get the right type of blood at your destination," he added.

What will the King and Queen do in Australia?

Saturday has been blocked off as a day of rest for Charles, but it is believed the King and Queen are keen to attend the second half of Everest Day at Royal Randwick to watch the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) named in his honour at 5.35pm.

Plans are being made at the track should the pair decide to make an appearance, with tickets for the event sold out.

In Canberra, people will be able to see Charles and Camilla on Monday, October 21 at the Australian War Memorial. They will then visit the For Our Country Memorial.

Those hoping to see the royals will need to be in place no later than 11:45am, to allow time for security screening and to avoid road closures.

At 1pm, you can also see them as formalities commence at Parliament. Again, royal fans will need to be in place no later than 12:10pm for security screening and to avoid road closures.

People in Sydney will be able to see Charles and Camilla on Tuesday, October 22 at 4:20pm, when they will visit the Sydney Opera House Forecourt. Entry will open at 3pm for royal fans.

This will be followed by a fleet review at Man O'War Steps and fly past by the Australian Defence Force on Sydney Harbour, which will finish at 5:20pm. The best spots to secure a viewing point of this will be Farm Cove, Royal Botanic Gardens and Mrs Macquarie's Chair. You will need to be in place no later than 3:50pm.

Does the King need a passport?

As the British monarch, King Charles doesn't actually need a British passport to travel internationally. The royal family website, which appears to not have been updated since the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip died, says, "As a British passport is issued in the name of Her Majesty, it is unnecessary for The Queen to possess one. All other members of the Royal Family, including The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales, have passports."

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Interestingly, under the Road Traffic Regulation Act, the King and other members of the royal family are not bound by speed limits when they are escorted by police officers on royal business.

Queen Elizabeth never actually took a driving test and drove without a license plate, as all driver's licences in the UK are issued under the monarch's name.

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