{"id":212011,"date":"2026-04-28T00:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/212011\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:29:28","slug":"king-charles-and-queen-camilla-meet-trumps-at-white-house-king-charles-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/212011\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles and Queen Camilla meet Trumps at White House | King Charles III"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Charles<\/a> and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House on Monday for a state visit in Washington, a city still rattled by a weekend shooting and a transatlantic alliance showing fresh signs of strain.<\/p>\n

British flags could be seen lining lamp-posts outside the White House, where Donald Trump<\/a> and the first lady, Melania Trump, greeted Charles and Camilla with handshakes. The four appeared to exchange pleasantries and posed for several photographs before heading inside the White House for a private tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The president and first lady then took the royals on a tour of the newly expanded White House beehive on the south lawn.<\/p>\n

Charles and Camilla then went to a garden party at the British embassy in Washington, joining Trump administration officials such as treasury secretary Scott Bessent, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, and Medicare and Medicaid administrator Mehmet Oz as waiters served sandwiches that included Scottish smoked salmon and roasted British beef with horseradish.<\/p>\n

An eager crowd gathered around the king as he moved slowly through the expansive gardens. The guests also included Washington DCD mayor Muriel Bowser, pollster and strategist Kellyanne Conway, Republican senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, Republican congressman Michael McCaul, and former Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin. The convivial atmosphere in warm sunshine gave no hint of a bilateral relationship in crisis.<\/p>\n

King Charles and Queen Camilla with Donald and Melania Trump in the Green Room of the White House. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The four-day tour, intended to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, begins against the backdrop of a diplomatic rift over Trump\u2019s war in Iran and a dramatic security scare<\/a> at last Saturday\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner.<\/p>\n

A gunman opened fire inside the Washington Hilton hotel, prompting Secret Service agents to rush the president from the dais. Officials believe the president and members of his administration were the likely targets and the incident prompted an urgent review of security arrangements before the king\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n

For Charles, the posture will be \u201ckeep calm and carry on\u201d. Buckingham Palace said the visit would proceed after consultations with US authorities. A spokesperson said: \u201cThe King and Queen are most grateful to all those who have worked at pace to ensure this remains the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

King Charles and Camilla with the president and first lady on the South Lawn. Photograph: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The king will speak at a packed state dinner in the White House East Room and in a rare address to the US Congress, where some commentators expect him to dwell on the importance of culture and civilisations \u2013 an exquisitely subtle reminder that adversaries such as Iran have enduring civilisations of their own.<\/p>\n

Charles will then travel to New York to visit the September 11 memorial, alongside the New York mayor and rising political star Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, before concluding in Virginia, where he will meet conservation groups, reflecting a cause he has championed for more than half a century.<\/p>\n

Some British politicians worry that the king\u2019s soft power mission<\/a> is fraught with opportunities for embarrassment, with Trump\u2019s recent<\/a> attacks<\/a> on Pope Leo XIV intensifying the concerns.<\/p>\n

Relations between the two allies have been bruised by Trump\u2019s public criticism of Britain\u2019s refusal to back military action against Iran. In recent weeks the president has derided the prime minister, Keir Starmer, as \u201cno Winston Churchill\u201d, while leaked Pentagon discussions about revisiting US support for British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands have deepened unease.<\/p>\n

Yet Trump, who places an unusual emphasis on the diplomatic role of monarchs in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East, has carefully separated his admiration for the king from his frustrations with the government. He has repeatedly described Charles as \u201ca great man\u201d and \u201ca friend\u201d, and suggested the royal couple\u2019s presence could help steady relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n

From left: Queen Camilla, King Charles, Donald Trump and Melania Trump pose for a photo. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Christian Turner, the British ambassador to the US, told CBS\u2019s Face the Nation programme<\/a> on Sunday: \u201cWe had a small difference of opinion in 1776. We\u2019ve been through that. We\u2019ve come a very long way and that, in a way, for me, is what is so enduring about these relationships. It\u2019s that we\u2019ve had differences. Thatcher to Reagan, Roosevelt with Churchill, actually, over how to handle Stalin. These are moments in the relationship that actually it endured because it is so deep on security.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the continuing scandal surrounding the king\u2019s younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, have again surfaced ahead of the tour.<\/p>\n

Ro Khanna<\/a>, a Democratic congressman, is convening Epstein survivors on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and urging the king to meet them. He said: \u201cThe British people have actually been very strong on this Epstein matter, demanding accountability and justice \u2013 stronger than the American government in terms of taking action. So the king doesn\u2019t have to get into any details of his brother\u2019s case but it\u2019s just standing with survivors and calling for accountability around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The British journalist Emily Maitlis said on the News Agents podcast<\/a> she had been told that, until two weeks ago, Queen Camilla was \u201cvery keen\u201d to meet victims of Epstein alongside Melania Trump. Maitlis added: \u201cShe said, \u2018I\u2019ve spent my life fighting for women\u2019s voices, I\u2019ve spent my life fighting for victims, we will find a way to do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

But palace officials have made clear there will be no meetings with Epstein survivors during the trip, citing legal concerns over ongoing investigations in the US and Britain.<\/p>\n

Charles has visited the US 19 times but this is his first state visit to the country since becoming king in 2022. His mother made four state visits to the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House on Monday for a state visit in Washington,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-212011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}