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  "path": "/news/1995484/king-charles-jets-to-us-for-four-day-trip-amid-iran-conflict-media-gala-shooting",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T09:39:56.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla will arrive in the United States later on Monday for a four-day trip, a tour which has taken on even greater prominence after the White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting and amid acrimony between the close allies.\n\nThe state visit, by far the most high-profile and consequential of Charles’s reign, marks the 250th anniversary of the US declaration of independence from British rule, and is the first visit to the country by a British monarch for two decades.\n\nIt begins with a private meeting with self-proclaimed royal fan US President Donald Trump, and includes an address to Congress and a lavish dinner at the White House.\n\n## Press dinner shooting just days before visit\n\nBut the long-planned trip has become enmeshed in the political spat between the two countries over the US-Israeli war on Iran, which led Trump to voice deep displeasure with the British government for failing to support the offensive.\n\nThe shooting on Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, with the president and officials in his administration the likely targets according to the US acting attorney general, has cast a further pall over the visit.\n\nBuckingham Palace said the trip would still go ahead as planned following discussions between British and US authorities to determine if the incident would impact on the royals’ plans.\n\n“The king and queen are most grateful to all those who have worked at pace to ensure this remains the case and are looking forward to the visit getting underway tomorrow,” a palace spokesperson said on Sunday.\n\n## Trump has criticised UK over Iran stance\n\nOn arriving in Washington, the king and queen have a private tea with the president, an unabashed lover of the British royal family who regularly describes Charles as a “great man”, and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump.\n\nThe 77-year-old king, who is still undergoing treatment for cancer, will address Congress the next day — just the second time a British monarch has done so.\n\nThe royals will then head on to New York, where they will commemorate those killed in the Sept 11, 2001 attacks ahead of the 25th anniversary, while the queen will also mark the centenary of children’s stories featuring Winnie the Pooh.\n\nThe US trip concludes in Virginia with the king meeting those involved in conservation work, a nod to his half-century of environmental campaigning.\n\nThe government of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hoping the visit will shore up the future of the two allies’ “special relationship”, which is at its lowest point since the Suez Crisis in 1956.\n\nBritain’s ambassador to the US, Christian Turner, said the visit would underscore the shared history, sacrifice and common values between the two countries, adding that the approach would be a very British one of: “Keep calm, carry on.”\n\nWhile Trump has eased his criticism of Britain in recent days over its response to the Iran war, an internal Pentagon email has set out how the US could review its position on Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands as punishment for its lack of support, once again straining ties.\n\nOne issue off the table during the visit is the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.\n\nRoyal sources have said it was not possible for the royal couple to meet any victims of Epstein during the tour, as some have requested, to avoid impacting on any potential criminal cases.\n\nCharles’ brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, whose reputation and royal standing has been destroyed over his links to the late US sex offender, is currently facing police inquiries over his connections. The former Prince Andrew has denied any wrongdoing.",
  "title": "King Charles jets to US for four-day trip amid Iran conflict, media gala shooting"
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