The King and Queen, along with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, met the new MPs in the Ballroom of Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon.
Alas, now ungrateful Aussies are bleating about the £33,000 cost of business-class flights for an advance Buckingham Palace group who flew out in June to prepare the groundwork.
On Wednesday, 28 January, Buckingham Palace confirmed King Charles' niece, 36, and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi had welcomed their second child together last week.
The Buckingham Palace reception was held by King Charles and Queen Camilla to welcome new Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords on January 29.