King Charles expected to promote US-UK unity in speech before Congress
Key takeaways
- King Charles III will speak before the US Congress on Tuesday, where he is expected to deliver an address promoting US-UK unity despite widening differences between London and Washington.
- By: FRANCE 24 King Charles III with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC.
- The king's address, scheduled to begin at 3pm EDT (1900 GMT), will be only the second by a British sovereign to the US Congress, after his mother Queen Elizabeth II spoke to both houses in 1991.
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King Charles III will speak before the US Congress on Tuesday, where he is expected to deliver an address promoting US-UK unity despite widening differences between London and Washington. Charles and Queen Camilla are on a so far studiously apolitical four-day tour of the US.
By: FRANCE 24 King Charles III with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC. © Saul Loeb, AFP Britain's King Charles III will address the US Congress on Tuesday with a message of unity between the United Kingdom and the United States, promoting the "special relationship" at a time of differences between the British government and US President Donald Trump over the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Charles and Queen Camilla are on a four-day state visit to the US, steering clear of the political rifts between Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer while underscoring the deep ties forged between Britain and its former colony over the 250 years since independence.