King Charles visits Trump: what are the potential pitfalls for the monarch?
The king faces possibly his most important ever speech and a thin-skinned president, in the shadow of the Sussexes and the Epstein scandal. What could go wrong?On his high-stakes four-day state visit to the US, King Charles will have to walk a diplomatic tightrope as the guest of an erratic Donald Trump against the backdrop of Iran and security concerns after Saturday nightâs shooting at the White House correspondentsâ dinner.Many challenges lie ahead as he takes up his UK government-decreed task to âreaffirm and renewâ bilateral ties amid a worsening âspecial relationshipâ on the 250th anniversary of American independence. Continue reading...
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