Trump Breaks Scones With King Charles Iii
The British have come to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and mend a fractured relationship. With US–UK tensions running high, King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in Washington, DC, yesterday for a four-day trip that marks the King’s first official visit to the country since taking the throne.
Festivities kicked off yesterday with tea at the White House and a garden party at the British ambassador’s place. Today:
- Charles and Camilla will get a ceremonial military welcome at the White House and hear a speech from President Trump.
- The king will address both houses of Congress—only the second time a UK monarch has done so—before a state dinner at the White House.
Also on the royal itinerary: a stop in New York City for a visit to the 9/11 memorial site and face time with Wall Street tech leaders.
Not on the itinerary: seeing Prince Harry or mentioning Jeffrey Epstein. Charles isn’t expected to heed calls to meet with Epstein survivors or the brother of the late Virginia Giuffre, who accused then-Prince Andrew of assaulting.
Zoom out: Almost half of the British public disapproves of this visit, per a YouGov poll. Still, the UK likely sees it as a de-escalatory bandaid amid recent Trump threats, which reportedly include un-recognizing the Falkland Islands as a British territory to punish the UK’s lack of action in Iran.—ML
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