The cheeky joke King Charles made to Australian schoolchildren is revealed

King Charles cheekingly joked Australian students can blame him if they fail his exams.

The monarch, 75, spoke to schoolchildren in the grounds of Government House in Canberra today as part of his trip around Australia with his wife Queen Camilla.

Addressing the group of young children – who appeared to be of primary school age – the king wished them: ‘Good luck on all your dreaded exams.

He then joked ‘you can always blame us if you fail,’.

Alongside his wife, Queen Camilla, the king has already had a busy day in Australia.

King Charles (pictured) wished Australian students good luck on their upcoming exams today, during his busy second day in the nation

Addressing the group of young children – who appeared to be of primary school age – the king said: ‘Good luck on all your dreaded exams’

The royals tool part in a tree planting ceremony at Government House, shortly after which they stopped to chat with a group of young school children to wish them luck in their education.

Charles looked smart in navy during the second day of official engagements, despite the jetlag following the long flight to Australia.

He donned a crisp navy suit and white shirt, along with a sweet floral pocket square.

Meanwhile, Camilla also appeared in good spirits, dressed in a long blue and white floral dress with her white tresses perfectly blow dried around her shoulders. 

Earlier on in the day, the royals had visited an Australian war memorial and been present in Parliament, before they head to the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

While at Government House, the royals took part in a tree planting ceremony where they planted two Snow Gum trees – before moving on to visit the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

The Australian Botanical Gardens is located on the lower slopes of the Black Mountain in Canberra and boasts the world’s most comprehensive display of living Australian native plants – it is the centre of Australian biodiversity research.

The Queen spoke to a selection of volunteers from the gardens, and to a different group of school children about the Banksia species, before having an opportunity to join the children in nature-based educational activities. 

Asked how her trip was so far, Camilla exclaimed that it was ‘wonderful’ and praised the ‘perfect weather’.

She and Charles then strolled through the picturesque flora.

Charles had also met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and visited a scientific research agency to see how bush fires are being tackled. 

Earlier, the king and queen arrived at Parliament House in Canberra – where he was heckled Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, 51, who shouted that the monarch had ‘committed genocide against our people’, adding: ‘F*** the colony‘. 

After speeches in Parliament House by the King, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Peter Dutton, Senator Thorpe walked down the aisle of the Great Hall shouting: ‘You committed genocide against our people.’

The monarch spent time at an Australian school himself, during his youth when he spent two terms at the lauded Timbertop school, in 1966 – aged just 17

You can always blame us if you fail,’ he joked to the youngsters, who would have been missing time in class to greet the royals

Prior the dramatic scene, Charles had given a speech in Parliament where he reflected on his own experiences in the Australian education system

The independent senator from Victoria added: ‘Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us. Our bones, Our skulls our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty.’  

Buckingham Palace declined to comment on Senator Thorpe’s outburst, but sources brushed off the lone protestor, saying Their Majesties were ‘deeply touched’ at the warmth of the welcome they had received throughout the day.

The royals were unmarred by the outburst and were said to be ‘unruffled’ by the tirade which they hoped would not overshadow what had been an otherwise ‘wonderful day’.

Mr Albanese thanked the king for his ‘extraordinary duty to the traditions’.

Prior the dramatic scene, Charles had given a speech in Parliament where he reflected on his own experiences in the Australian education system.

The monarch spent time at an Australian school himself, during his youth when he spent two terms at the lauded Timbertop school, in 1966 – aged just 17.

Timbertop is one campus at Geelong Grammar school near Victoria in the Oceanic nation. It boasts an demanding academic syllabus and am intensive outdoor schedule, for its full boarding students.

As he addressed Parliament House today, Charles reflected on his own Aussie education nearly 60 years ago.

He remembered the experience at Timbertop – which is located tucked away in the Australian bush three hours from Melbourne – as ‘life shaping and life affirming’. 

The school down under was a far cry from his former schooling spent at the prestigious Gordonstoun school in Scotland.

Speaking in Parliament House in Canberra, the King said: ‘My own first visit [to Australia] came in 1966 … when I had indeed the life-shaping and life-affirming opportunity to continue part of my education in Victoria.’ 

Earlier on in the day, the royals had visited an Australian war memorial and been present in Parliament, before they head to the Australian National Botanic Gardens

While at The Australian Botanic Gardens, the Queen spoke to a selection of volunteers from the gardens, and to school children about the Banksia species, before having an opportunity to join the children in nature-based educational activities

The Queen spoke to a selection of volunteers from the gardens, and to school children about the Banksia species, before having an opportunity to join the children in nature-based educational activities

At the Botanical Gardens, Camilla chatted with local school children, who handed her flowers 

Charles first ever visit to Australia was for all intents and purposes for his education – and was the foundation from with his love for the nation blossomed

‘Ladies and gentlemen, what an education it was,’ he said, fondly recalling his time at the rural school.

‘I had thought that the school I had been attending in Scotland was remote and testing enough, but nothing had quite prepared me for the realities of the bush country around Mount Buller.

‘All I can say is I arrived as an adolescent and left as a more rounded, if not even somewhat chiselled character once I had contended with brown snakes, leeches, funnel-web spiders and bull ants.

‘And, bearing in mind this was very nearly 60 years ago, being given certain unmentionable parts of a bull calf to eat from a branding farm in outback Queensland.’

Charles first ever visit to Australia was for all intents and purposes for his education – and was the foundation from with his love for the nation blossomed.