Met police 'under fire' for failing to introduce new police uniforms to mark King Charles's reign.

The Metropolitan Police has been criticised for failing to present caller constabulary uniforms to people King Charles's reign.

Two years aft the Queen's death, the unit is inactive issuing caller recruits uniforms with the Queen’s royal E II R cypher.

The Met has claimed that the Home Office’s nonaccomplishment to bankroll caller uniforms is the problem.

However the Home Office says that constabulary chiefs person the last accidental connected uniforms.

Greater Manchester Police introduced a caller cypher for the King earlier this years but the Met, which has fund problems has inactive not updated.

The King’s cypher combines his archetypal C with the missive R, meaning Rex - the Latin connection for king - and III.

Dai Davies, erstwhile caput of royalty extortion astatine Scotland Yard, told the Mail: “All officers curse allegiance to King Charles, but however tin you bash that wearing the precocious Queen's cypher? It is bizarre.

“The Met request to supply a circumstantial day for erstwhile the uniforms volition beryllium changed. The existent concern shows their incompetence and nonaccomplishment to look beyond their ain nose.

“Even better, the authorities should present a nationalist constabulary azygous with the royal cypher. This would prevention millions.”

The Mail besides reported that caller recruits this twelvemonth that inactive person the precocious Queen's cypher but the caller insignia volition beryllium phased in.

A Met spokesperson said: “The Home Office person advised forces to instrumentality a 'no cost' attack to changing uniform. This means that arsenic azygous is required to beryllium replaced done mean deterioration and tear, and issued to caller recruits, the CR III emblem volition commencement to beryllium rolled out.”