{"id":402601,"date":"2026-04-29T03:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/402601\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T03:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:33:12","slug":"king-charles-highlights-us-uk-bond-in-speech-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/402601\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles highlights US-UK bond in speech to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Charles III acknowledged \u201ctimes of great uncertainty\u201d as he expressed gratitude to the American people and marked the 250th anniversary of independence from Britain in a speech to the US Congress that highlighted the bonds between the two countries at a time of political turmoil.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor all that time,\u201d Charles said, \u201cour destinies have been interlinked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Charles is only the second British monarch to address a joint session of Congress. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, delivered a similar speech in 1991 highlighting the historic ties between both countries and the importance of their democratic values.<\/p>\n

\"President<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump and Britain’s King Charles III, stand together during a State Visit arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

The king picked up on those themes during his remarks, which were delivered in a far different environment than when his mother spoke to the same chamber in the US Capitol. <\/p>\n

President Donald Trump is in open conflict with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the war in Iran. <\/p>\n

Many of the lawmakers in the room were at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Sunday, which was disrupted by a shooting<\/a> that authorities have described as an attempted assassination against Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me say with unshakeable resolve,\u201d Charles said. \u201cSuch acts of violence will never succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even as the king focused on common interests, there were subtle nods at issues that have divided the US and the UK, particularly when it comes to global affairs. <\/p>\n

He said the countries \u201ccannot rest on past achievements\u201d as the Iran war tests their relationship. And he urged \u201cunyielding resolve\u201d in backing Ukraine against Russia, while heralding the NATO alliance that Trump has repeatedly undermined.<\/p>\n

\"Queen<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla, King Charles III, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

The king began his day at the White House, where he and Trump<\/a> greeted each other warmly during a ceremony on the South Lawn. <\/p>\n

Appearing under gray, drizzly skies, Trump quipped that it was a \u201cbeautiful British day\u201d before shifting his focus to the shared history of the US and UK.<\/p>\n

Making no mention of his dispute with Starmer, Trump drew a line from King John\u2019s sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215 to the American Revolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican patriots today can sing, \u2019My country, \u2019tis of thee, sweet land of liberty,\u2019 only because our colonial ancestors first sang, \u2018God save the King,\u2019\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

The two leaders huddled in the Oval Office for a meeting that was closed to the public, reducing the potential for the freewheeling, sometimes controversial meetings with foreign officials that have become routine during Trump\u2019s second term. Afterward, Trump said it was a \u201creally good meeting\u201d and Charles is a \u201cfantastic person.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles III acknowledged \u201ctimes of great uncertainty\u201d as he expressed gratitude to the American people and marked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,11018,43,64,6747,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-402601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-king-charles","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-royalty","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}