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вЂњHe is very sympathetic to the Tibetans and I think he has reservations about the Chinese leaders,вЂќ says Roderic Wye, a fellow in the Asia program at Chatham House, an international affairs institute in London.

(After British Prime Minister David Cameron met with the Dalai Lama in 2012, China canceled diplomatic meetings between the two countries and British newspapers reported that Cameron had been effectively вЂњbannedвЂќ from the country.) The PrinceвЂ™s office at Clarence House wouldnвЂ™t comment on his absence from the banquet, but noted his вЂњsignificant involvementвЂќ in the state visit in an official statement.

In preparation for the visit, according reports from the BBC, Charles chose not to see the Dalai Lama when he visited the U.K.

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Though he isnвЂ™t attending the banquet, he and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, will keep a full schedule of activities with the Chinese President, including hosting Xi and his wife for tea at his home. His feelings toward the Chinese have not been subtle - in a journal entry made after the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to Beijing, the Prince described ChinaвЂ™s leaders as вЂњappalling old waxworks.вЂќД«ut this time, it seems that the PrinceвЂ™s attitude toward working with the Chinese has changed. He didnвЂ™t attend the state banquet during former Chinese President Hu JintaoвЂ™s visit in 2005 and he boycotted the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, citing his support for Tibet. Over the years, Prince Charles has been notably absent from events with the Chinese. His absence has renewed questions about the PrinceвЂ™s rocky past with China. But one guest will be conspicuously absent at the state dinner: Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne.

ItвЂ™s a warm reception for China, a country that has had a tense relationship with much of the West, and an indication that the friendship between Beijing and London is getting cozier at a moment when the U.S.

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