King Charles avoids direct Iran reference and hails 'most consequential alliance' between UK and US

King Charles III delivered a 28-minute address on Tuesday to a joint session of the United States Congress in which he hailed the "special relationship" between London and Washington as "one of the most consequential alliances in human history," in a speech that avoided any direct reference to the war against Iran or the Epstein case, two issues that have strained transatlantic ties in recent weeks. The address marked the centerpiece of the monarch's state visit to Washington, held in the framework of the 250th anniversary of American independence.