WASHINGTON: Britain\u2019s King Charles III met Donald Trump at the White House Monday, kicking off a high-stakes state visit shadowed by transatlantic tensions and a new alleged attempt to assassinate the US president.<\/p>\n
Behind the warm welcome for Charles and Queen Camilla in front of the cameras lay a deepening rift in the so-called \u201cspecial relationship\u201d between Washington and London over Trump\u2019s war in Iran.<\/p>\n
With such tensions simmering, Charles will address a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, when he will tell US lawmakers that the long history between the two countries is one of \u201creconciliation and renewal,\u201d according to a released excerpt from the king\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n
In mild Washington sunshine, Charles and Trump exchanged handshakes and apparently friendly remarks, which reporters were unable to hear, outside the White House South Portico.<\/p>\n
First Lady Melania Trump, wearing a primrose yellow suit, gave Charles and Camilla kisses on both cheeks. Camilla was wearing a Cartier brooch with the British and US flags in platinum set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds.<\/p>\n
Trump \u2014 whose fascination with the British royal family is a point of leverage for UK diplomats \u2014 and his wife hosted the royal couple for tea and later gave them a tour of the beehive on the White House\u2019s carefully manicured South Lawn.<\/p>\n
Afterward the royals made their way to a garden party with hundreds of guests at the British ambassador\u2019s residence, including Britain\u2019s Olympic diving champion Tom Daley, US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and other political dignitaries.<\/p>\n
The four-day visit had been meant to celebrate the historic ties between the two close allies for the 250th anniversary of US independence from the British monarch\u2019s ancestor George III.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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