King Charles and Keir Starmer criticised for hosting state visit for Emir of Qatar

King Charles and prime minister Keir Starmer have been criticised by an LGBTQ+ foundation for hosting a state visit from the emir of Qatar, a country where queer people face persecution. 

Visiting Qatari royals were welcomed by the king and the Prince and the Princess of Wales on Tuesday (3 December), with Queen Camilla also taking part in events at Buckingham Palace.

The state visit was set to include a private lunch at the palace, a visit to the Houses of Parliament and a state banquet, the BBC reported.

Qatar criminalises LGBTQ+ people

LGBTQ+ people are criminalised under the penal code, and consensual same-sex sexual activity is punishable by imprisonment in Qatar.

The country also operates an interpretation of Sharia law that criminalises sexual intimacy between queer men, who

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