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King Charles tries to heal the rift between US and UK with 5 powerful points

Speech was meant to celebrate America's 250th birthday but arrived at time of tension

By Rebecca Grant Fox News

Published April 29, 2026 12:26pm EDT

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King Charles gifts president HMS Trump bell, jokes 'give us a ring'

King Charles III presented a WWII-era naval bell to President Donald trump during the state dinner. The monarch kept the mood light, drawing laughter with warm, well-timed jokes.

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King Charles III delivered the speech of his life before Congress on Tuesday, March 28. Digging deep into his family history, his Christian faith and his hopes for the ties between America and Britain, the speech by King Charles was originally scheduled to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. It might end up saving the world’s most consequential alliance.

Great Britain was once indisputably America’s No. 1 ally. But Great Britain’s recent stumbles on Iran and on trade have angered President Donald Trump and put the alliance at its lowest point since the 1956 Suez Crisis.

This was the perfect moment for the first address to Congress by a British monarch since 1991. "He represents his nation like nobody else can do," Trump said of Charles on Sunday.

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