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The Guardian - UK
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Pippa Crerar and Daniel Boffey

No 10 denies dragging king into politics after visit to Cornwall with Starmer and Rayner

Keir Starmer, left, the King and Angela Rayner on their joint engagement on Monday
Keir Starmer, left, the King and Angela Rayner on their joint engagement on Monday Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

Downing Street has said King Charles was not at risk of being dragged into politics after he took Keir Starmer and the Labour leader’s deputy on a tour of a housing project in Cornwall.

In a rare joint engagement between the monarch and political leaders, the trio visited Nansledan, a 120-hectare extension to the seaside town of Newquay, as a result of their shared interest in modern housing developments.

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