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

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

Camilla takes missing Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed toy to New York to complete set

visit is going to be a serious diplomatic challenge, at a time of unusually tense political relations between the US and the UK. King Charles

King's 'high stakes' visit with Trump will be toughest test yet of his reign

Charles. Royal historian Ed Owens says this US state visit takes place at a time of "very unusual" political tensions and will be a "huge global event", where the King will have a chance

King's visit to 'revitalise' relationship with US, says UK ambassador

visit to the United States will be about "renewing and revitalising a unique friendship", says the UK's ambassador, Sir Christian Turner. The royal visitors, arriving on Monday, were already facing a diplomatic challenge with

King not meeting Epstein survivors, but state visit could help ease US-UK tensions

King Charles, which might need to be put aside during the visit. Sir Keir has publicly acknowledged recent tensions between Downing Street and the White House. "Mature alliances are not about pretending differences

Washington in shock after White House press dinner shooting: ‘an angry, polarized nation’

US Capitol, two [assassination](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/trump-attempted-assassination-florida-life-sentence) [attempts](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donald-trump-pennsylvania-rally-shooting) against Trump, and the [killings](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/democratic-lawmakers-minnesota-shot) of the former Minnesota house speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the rightwing activist [Charlie