King Charles will make a state visit to the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, a high-profile trip that the British government hopes will help to repair relations with Donald Trump.
LONDON — King Charles will make a state visit to the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, a high-profile trip that the British government hopes will help to repair relations with President Donald Trump, damaged by the Iran war.
Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, will visit the U.S. in a long-planned trip to mark the 250th anniversary of that country's independence from British rule, before the couple pays a visit to Bermuda."Their majesties' program will celebrate the historic connections and the modern bilateral relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States," Buckingham Palace said, adding the trip was being made on the advice of the British government.It will be the first state visit by a British monarch since 2007, when Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth, made what was her fourth such U.S. trip of her reign.Relations strained over Iran warPreviously good relations between the U.S. president and Prime Minister Keir Starmer have been strained over the British leader's reluctance to get involved in the Iran war and refusal to let the U.S. use British bases to launch initial attacks.While U.S. forces have since been permitted to carry out what Starmer calls defensive strikes, Trump has repeatedly criticized the prime minister, saying he was "not Winston Churchill" and had ruined the historically close alliance.Trump has derided Britain's offer to send more military assets to the region.As well as Iran, Trump has also changed his mind on a British deal with Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, home to the strategically important U.S.-British Diego Garcia air base, calling it a great mistake, to the delight of some of Starmer's domestic opponents.Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, has cast doubt on the lawfulness of the attacks on Iran, which are not popular at home and have raised concerns about rising energy costs.But he has avoided any direct criticism of Trump and publicly stated that their relationship remained good.Royal influenceSince Trump returned to office, Starmer has used the soft power of the royals to mollify the U.S. president, who has been gushing in his praise for the king and his family, to keep him onside over the war in Ukraine and to soften possible trade tariffs.Charles hosted Trump for an unprecedented second state visit to Britain last September, treating him to a carriage ride and state banquet at Windsor Castle, where Trump hailed the spe
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