King Charles wants refugees to "feel more welcome", according to Sir Michael Palin.
The Monty Python actor, 80, spoke to the monarch on Wednesday at a Buckingham Palace event.
This event recognised the United Kingdom’s contribution to global humanitarian efforts.
Palin said: “I’m very proud to be here and very glad to be associated with something which I think is one of the best indications of British generosity which are the appeals that I’ve had the good fortune to deliver on certain occasions.
King Charles tells Sir Michael Palin he wants refugees to 'feel more welcome'
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"I think humanitarian spirit is something which is in all of us.”
The actor opened up about what King Charles said to him.
Palin added: “He asked what I was doing and was talking about refugees actually and the refugee problem and trying to find a way of absorbing refugees into the country and using their talents.
“Trying to find a way of, sort of, using the best talents of refugees who have come to this country, and this is something I totally agree with.
Michael Palin is a famous Monty Python actor
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“He’s travelled the world a lot, I’ve travelled the world a lot.
“We know that a lot of people who come here see Britain as a safe place but also a hopeful place and I think to get rejected here, it’s difficult, I mean, I know the problems of getting a number of refugees into the country but that was clearly his idea that this was what we should be doing, making them more welcome.”
King Charles and Queen Camilla were introduced to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) chief executive Saleh Saeed at the soiree.
The event was also attended by the Duke of Gloucester, 79.
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As well as meeting Sir Michael, the King and Queen greeted Dame Joanna Lumley and Adrian Lester as the DEC charity marked its 60th anniversary year.
Palin spoke about the Israel-Hamas war: “It makes me feel horribly depressed really because when people set out to kill and slaughter others I just find there can be no justification for that on either side.
"And I don’t know how you stop it once it starts, war is pretty horrible.
“Also we’ve got disasters like the Turkish earthquake and again lots and lots of people suddenly homeless… We are very, very lucky to have so much.”
