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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sam Kiley

Why the King’s soft power will be more important than ever in wake of shooting

The deployment of Britain’s most potent soft power armament to America will place King Charles in the centre of Donald Trump’s increasingly irrational and chaotic world and demand that he demonstrate weapons-grade sang froid.

Just days after the US president survived his third assassination attempt, the visit by the British monarch could not come at a more heightened time.

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