King Charles teams up with Idris Elba as he holds key summit at St James's Palace

King Charles was joined by actor Idris Elba as he hosted a Youth Opportunity Summit at St James's Palace this morning. The Luther star, who founded the Elba Hope Foundation and is an alumnus of the King's Trust, joined the monarch, politicians and young people as they discussed the importance of providing positive opportunities for young people impacted by youth violence in the UK.

Kyle Shaw-Tullin, a Royal Marine and Team GB boxer, who was stabbed in Oldham as a teenager, told a table discussion that getting back in the boxing ring after the attack helped keep him out of trouble. The King said it was "a good point" about "being too exhausted to get into trouble".

Charles also invited the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who had come from chairing a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, in attendance too. He said he was "enormously grateful" for the support of the attendees.

The King said: "The critical thing is how do we induce the action.

"So often I can't help feeling with problems how do you join up all the dots between different departments and different agencies and voluntary organisations?

"This is the key, how do we do that? Is there some one person who can help make sure all this happens?"

The prime minister lauded Elba's "brilliant" campaign against knife crime called Don't Stop Your Future and congratulated other activists for their work, calling them "inspirational".