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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

King Charles visits Trump: what are the potential pitfalls for the monarch?

King Charles III walks with U.S. President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House.
King Charles is ‘probably the one person in the world who Trump doesn’t want to offend’, according to one analyst. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

On his high-stakes four-day state visit to the US, King Charles will have to walk a diplomatic tightrope as the guest of an erratic Donald Trump against the backdrop of Iran and security concerns after Saturday night’s shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

Many challenges lie ahead as he takes up his UK government-decreed task to “reaffirm and renew” bilateral ties amid a worsening “special relationship” on the 250th anniversary of American independence.

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