While Donald Trump is hosting King Charles and Queen Camilla for the state visit, the war in Iran is ongoing. During the State Dinner with the royal couple on Wednesday, Trump made a jaw-dropping claim about the King.
King Charles and Queen Camilla’s visit to the U.S. is still ongoing. After arriving in Washington, D.C. on Monday, the royals spent time with President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House.
Relations between the two countries have been strained for months, not least because Trump has stated that the U.K. has not fulfilled its duties as an ally in supporting the U.S. in Iran.
Charles and Camilla are therefore on a diplomatic mission, aiming to mend relations between the two nations. On Tuesday night, the monarch delivered an address to Congress, where he stated that the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom has been, is, and will remain important.
“Standing here today, it is hard not to feel the weight of history on my shoulder – because the modern relationship between our two Nations and our own peoples spans not merely 250 years, but over four centuries. It is extraordinary to think that I am the nineteenth in our line of Sovereigns to study, with daily attention, the affairs of America,” King Charles said.
“So, I come here today with the highest respect for the United States Congress; this citadel of democracy created to represent the voice of all American people to advance sacred rights and freedoms.”
King Charles addressed Congress
Charles continued, “Speaking in this renowned chamber of debate and deliberation, I cannot help but think of my late mother, Queen Elizabeth, who, in 1991, was also afforded this signal honour and similarly spoke under the watchful eye of the Statue of Freedom above us. Today, I am here on this great occasion in the life of our Nations to express the highest regard and friendship of the British people to the people of the United States.”
King Charles and other Royal Family members are expected to remain strictly neutral in public politics. However, they are not shy about raising global issues, which King Charles did just last week. At that point, one royal expert suggested the King may have taken a swipe at Donald Trump over the Iran war. In a televised speech marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 96th birthday, Charles reflected on how she shaped the world and touched many lives.
Still, with everything happening in the world, she would have been concerned.
“Today, as we mark what would have been my beloved mother’s 100th birthday, my family and I pause to reflect on the life and loss of a sovereign who meant so much to us all, and to celebrate anew the many blessings of her memory,” King Charles said.
“Millions will remember her for moments of national significance; many others for a fleeting personal encounter, a smile, a kind word that lifted spirits, or for that marvelous twinkle of the eye when sharing a marmalade sandwich with Paddington Bear in the final months of her life.”
King Charles reportedly took ‘swipe’ at Trump, expert claimed
He continued, “Much about the times we now live in, I suspect, may have troubled her deeply, but I take heart from her belief that goodness will always prevail and that a brighter dawn is never far from the horizon,” Charles said. “God bless you, darling mama. You remain forever in our hearts and prayers.”
Appearing on Sky News, Kinsey Schofield claimed the monarch’s tribute to his late mother was a “swipe” at Donald Trump and the Iran war.
“I’m going to be honest, maybe I’m just sensitive … but I felt like that was a swipe at what’s going on in the United States between Donald Trump and Iran,” Schofield said.
“When he’s talking about global issues, I don’t think that’s a direct swipe at ex-prince Andrew, but I’d suggest she might be a little bit more worried about what’s going on at her back porch,” she added.
On Tuesday, Donald and Melania Trump hosted King Charles and Queen Camilla for a State Dinner. However, it didn’t take long before Trump made a shocking claim about King Charles and the conflict with Iran.
Donald Trump claims King Charles “agrees” with him over ‘Iran’s nuclear weapons’
Charles had not mentioned Iran specifically earlier in the trip, nor in his speech to Congress, only referring to “conflict in the Middle East.”
However, Donald Trump claimed Charles supported him over the Iran crisis, something he has also stated before.
“We’re doing a little Middle East work right now… and we’re doing very well,” Trump said during a toast at the lavish State Dinner.
“We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we’re never going to let that opponent ever—Charles agrees with me even more than I do. We’re never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon. They know that, and they’ve known it right now, very powerfully,” he continued.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman told The Sun, “The King is naturally mindful of his Government’s long-standing and well-known position on the prevention of nuclear proliferation.”
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