Sixteen years after he failed to convince Australians to cut ties with the monarchy, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will welcome Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to the country.
The future king will make his second trip to Australia in three years with the November 10-15 itinerary including visits to Adelaide and Tanunda, Canberra, Sydney, Albany and Perth.
Mr Turnbull, the leader of the failed campaign for Australia to become a republic in 1999, said: "Lucy and I will be delighted to welcome The Prince and Duchess and expect Australians will be eager to display our country's hospitality to the Royal couple".
The cost to taxpayers of the last trip by the king-in-waiting between November 5-10, 2012, was more than $430,000 with expenses related to the royal couple and 15 members of the royal party.
But that was a far cry from the nearly $2.7 million pricetag of the Queen's visit in 2011.
In the last decade members of the royal family have toured Australian shores more than a dozen times.
Prince Charles and Camilla will get a taste of regional life in the South Australian town of Tanunda and celebrate the Prince's birthday with West Australian families at a barbecue at Cottesloe Beach in Perth.
In Sydney the Duchess of Cornwall will visit Oz Harvest, a charity which collects surplus food and redistributes it to charities which support the vulnerable.
The prince will also visit the National Museum in Canberra and in Perth hear about the efforts of the Western Australian Seed Technology Centre to preserve Western Australia's biodiversity.
The couple will spend Remembrance Day in Canberra where he will meet Mr Turnbull and attend the National Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial.
The duchess, who is Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, will also visit Victoria Barracks in Sydney to mark its 100th anniversary.
The couple will start their tour in New Zealand on November where they will visit Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin, Nelson, Ngaruawahia, New Plymouth and Westport.
