To avoid a public confrontation, King Charles III’s main talks with US President Donald Trump will not be broadcast, after the White House agreed to hold the meeting off-camera.
The move comes amid British concerns about a repeat of the televised Oval Office clash between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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According to The Guardian, Charles will be briefly photographed with the US president at the start of their key bilateral meeting on Tuesday, but discussions will then continue behind closed doors.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday for a four-day state visit marking the 250th anniversary of US independence, as Britain seeks to ease tensions with Washington over the war in Iran.
The royal couple met President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House for tea before attending a garden party at the British ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC.
The visit comes amid strained US-UK relations after Trump repeatedly criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s refusal to provide military support for Washington’s war with Iran.
The US president has branded Starmer “no Churchill,” referencing wartime leader Winston Churchill, who first described the “special relationship” between the two countries.
Starmer has publicly criticized the war but defended the state visit. An early April YouGov poll found 48 percent of Britons support cancelling it, AFP reported.
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