Diplomatic challenges facing King on US visit

Diplomatic challenges facing King on US visit 4 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Daniela Relph Senior royal correspondent Reuters King Charles hosted President Trump on a visit to Windsor last September State visits can be uncomfortable, joyful, tense and unifying - in the space of just a few days. King Charles III and Queen Camilla's visit to the United States next month is likely to be all these. Planning the trip has taken months, with decisions about dates and locations being made by Buckingham Palace, the Foreign Office, the Trump administration and the UK Embassy in Washington with its new ambassador, Sir Christian Turner. They are not easy things to get right, as there are many stakeholders with a viewpoint. But the dates and places have not been the biggest problem - the mood of the transatlantic alliance has been the dominant issue. That special relationship isn't feeling that special right now. King's state visit to US to go ahead in April, but no Harry meeting Congressman writes to King Charles urging him to meet Epstein victims during US visit The King is being deployed to the US between 27 and 30 April to sprinkle some royal magic over a president who is a monarchist and appears to soften in front of pomp and ceremony. And the King will have some heavy lifting to do to make President Donald Trump look more warmly on the UK and its government. The problem is that royal overseas tours can be exposing. …