- Buckingham Palace said the King was “greatly touched by the warmth and generosity” of US Congress’s response to his speech.
- A Palace spokesperson said: “The King was deeply honoured to have been invited to be the first British King to give such an address and was greatly touched by the warmth and generosity of the response he received.”
- Charles said the partnership between the two nations is “more important today than it has ever been”.
- The attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at a Washington media dinner on Saturday evening was condemned by the King who said “such acts of violence will never succeed.”
- Concluding his speech with “God bless the United States and the United Kingdom”, members of Congress rose to give a standing ovation.
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