King Charles set for state visit to U.S. in late April, palace confirms

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London — Britain's King Charles III volition marque a authorities sojourn to the U.S. successful precocious April, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, confirming a travel that officials told CBS News earlier this month to expect successful the coming weeks. The sources told CBS News that King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands would besides sojourn Washington, staying astatine the White House, successful June.

Charles' sojourn "will observe the historical connections and the modern bilateral narration betwixt the United Kingdom and the United States, marking the 250th day of American Independence," Buckingham Palace said successful its connection connected Tuesday.

It volition beryllium Charles' archetypal authorities sojourn to the U.S. arsenic king, though helium visited the U.S. 19 times earlier being crowned, erstwhile helium was the Prince of Wales. His mother, the precocious Queen Elizabeth II, made 4 authorities visits to the U.S., successful 1957, 1976, 1991 and 2007, Buckingham Palace said.

Mr. Trump made a authorities visit to the U.K. successful September, attending a lavish authorities dinner hosted by Charles and Queen Camilla astatine Windsor Castle, which was besides attended by Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the Princess of Wales.

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The king's sojourn to Washington volition travel astatine a tense clip for U.S-U.K. relations. President Trump has been highly captious of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's reluctance to articulation the associated U.S.-Israeli warfare connected Iran, though the U.K. is allowing the U.S. to usage its bases for "defensive" operations.

It besides comes amid contention sparked by 's transportation to the convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein. King Charles stripped his younger brother, the erstwhile Prince Andrew, of his royal titles. Andrew was arrested past period for suspected misconduct successful nationalist bureau aft revelations successful the Epstein files.

Peter Mandelson, the U.K.'s erstwhile ambassador to Washington, was besides arrested past period implicit suspicion of misconduct successful nationalist bureau successful narration to his ties to Epstein.

After his sojourn to the U.S., Charles volition proceed connected to sojourn Bermuda.

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