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Thankless task awaits Charles as soft power of crown meets mercurial Trump

Will the president’s reverence for royalty ease transatlantic tensions or will his protocol-smashing predilection prevail?

Some expect a masterclass in soft power. Others warn of a brutal humiliation. Few in the US will envy King Charles, a royal whose entire life has been governed by protocol, next week when he faces a man who glories in smashing it.

The British king will travel to Washington for a private tea and state dinner with Donald Trump at a moment when the “special relationship” has been plunged to its lowest point in 70 years by the US president’s war in Iran and belittlement of the prime minister, Keir Starmer.

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Apr 25, 2026 King Charles III Donald Trump US news

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