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Montevideo, May 23rd 2026 - 12:02 UTC

Tag: King Charles III

  • Thursday, May 7th 2026 - 09:18 UTC

    Gun salutes to mark third anniversary of King’s coronation

    The 13-pounders that were used in the First World War are still seeing service – albeit ceremonial this time (Picture: BFBS)

    Regular soldiers and members of the Army Reserve have paid their respects to King Charles and Queen Camilla by firing a number of royal gun salutes on the third anniversary of their coronation.

  • Wednesday, April 29th 2026 - 13:52 UTC

    Trump tells King Charles: “Americans have had no closer friends than the British”

    The submarine bell from HMS Trump, a special gift to the President

    On the second day of his state visit to the United States, speaking before Congress, where he was repeatedly acclaimed with loud applause, King Charles III stressed the value and importance of the “indispensable” UK and US partnership.

  • Wednesday, April 29th 2026 - 02:09 UTC

    King Charles avoids direct Iran reference and hails 'most consequential alliance' between UK and US

    Charles III is only the second British monarch to address a joint session of Congress, following his mother Elizabeth II in May 1991, shortly after the end of the Gulf War

    King Charles III delivered a 28-minute address on Tuesday to a joint session of the United States Congress in which he hailed the “special relationship” between London and Washington as “one of the most consequential alliances in human history,” in a speech that avoided any direct reference to the war against Iran or the Epstein case, two issues that have strained transatlantic ties in recent weeks. The address marked the centerpiece of the monarch's state visit to Washington, held in the framework of the 250th anniversary of American independence.

  • Tuesday, April 28th 2026 - 17:42 UTC

    King Charles prepares speech on 'reconciliation and renewal' to US Congress after White House welcome

    The King will describe the “special relationship” as “one of the greatest alliances in human history” and stress that defense

    King Charles III is preparing to deliver an address to a joint session of the US Congress at 3:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, in which he will frame “reconciliation and renewal” as the defining themes of the bilateral relationship between London and Washington 250 years after American independence. The speech, expected to be one of the centerpieces of his state visit, comes after a heavily symbolic military welcome at the White House, where President Donald Trump extended to the monarch the highest protocol honor accorded by the United States to a visiting head of state.

  • Monday, April 27th 2026 - 06:03 UTC

    King Charles arrives in the US for a state visit marked by bilateral tensions over the Iran war

    The “special relationship” is going through what various analysts describe as its lowest point since the Suez Crisis of 1956

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla landed on Monday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, beginning a four-day state visit to the United States — the most prominent of the current reign and the first by a British monarch in two decades. The tour coincides with the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence and unfolds at a particularly delicate moment for the “special relationship” between London and Washington, sharpened by tensions stemming from the war against Iran and a series of diplomatic disagreements that have accumulated in recent months.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2026 - 16:40 UTC

    King Charles III and Camilla begin US visit Monday: meeting with Trump and will address Congress

    Beginning Monday 27 and until Thursday 30, King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be on a state visit to the United States, with engagements in Washington DC, New York and Virginia, which will include private meetings with President Donald Trump, addressing Congress and an agenda marking the 250th anniversary of US independence.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2026 - 16:20 UTC

    Who’s arriving on Monday, the King of Australia or the British Monarch?

    Fifteen Australian flags were briefly included among more than 230 flags put on display ⁠to welcome the ⁠British king when he arrives in the U.S. capital on Monday

    US residents and children are usually not very illustrates about foreign countries, much less about flags so the District of Columbia, could be partially exonerated of the lack of knowledge. In effect DC, according to news reports, mistakenly placed several Australian flags ​instead of British flags near ‌the White House ahead of King Charles’ U.S. visit.

  • Thursday, April 23rd 2026 - 23:01 UTC

    Days before King Charles's state visit, Trump says it could help mend ties with London

    The US president, who has known the British monarch for years, described him as “a brave man” and predicted that the visit would be “a positive.”

    US President Donald Trump said the state visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, which begins on Monday, could help repair relations with the United Kingdom, strained by weeks of tension over the Iran war and other bilateral disputes. The remarks came in a telephone interview with the BBC broadcast on Thursday.

  • Monday, March 9th 2026 - 18:50 UTC

    King Charles III Message on Commonwealth Day 2026, “a family that stands as a force of good”

    King Charles III, head of the Commonwealth addresses leaders during the ceremony at Westminster Abbey

    We join together on this Commonwealth Day at a time of great challenge and great possibility. Across our world, communities and nations face the increasing pressures of conflict, climate change and rapid transformation. Yet it is often in such testing moments that the enduring spirit of the Commonwealth is most clearly revealed.

  • Wednesday, February 4th 2026 - 13:26 UTC

    King Charles moves to push Andrew out of Royal Lodge after fresh Epstein-linked disclosures

    Andrew’s departure was carried out discreetly during the night with the former Duke of York relocating to a smaller property on the King’s privately owned Sandringham estate

    King Charles III has forced his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to vacate Royal Lodge, the 30-room Windsor estate home he has occupied for years, amid renewed scrutiny stemming from newly surfaced Epstein-related material and a fresh police review of allegations tied to the late financier.

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