King Charles to address joint meeting of Congress and meet privately with Trump on US state visit | CNN

Britain’s King Charles III will address a joint meeting of Congress and meet privately with US President Donald Trump during his state visit to the United States later this month, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. Between April 27 and 30, Charles and Queen Camilla will visit Washington, DC, New York and Virginia, undertaking a variety of public engagements to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence. Their long-planned visit coincides with an unusually delicate time for the “special relationship” between the US and the UK following weeks of Trump repeatedly attacking British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government for not offering their full-throated support for the US offensive against Iran. Some British lawmakers even questioned whether Charles should still go to the US under such circumstances, before the palace confirmed the visit last month. As the monarch, however, Charles is constitutionally bound to remain above politics, able only to represent the UK rather than speak for its government. Rather than discussing any of the anxieties around the current state of the transatlantic alliance, the program for this state visit seeks to shore up the deep, histor