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King Charles defends transatlantic relationship in speech to Congress

UK monarch’s visit to Washington comes at a fraught moment between the nations amid US-Israeli war against Iran

King Charles urged the US and the UK to ignore domestic pressure to “become ever more inward-looking” as the British monarch defended the transatlantic relationship in a landmark speech to Congress on Tuesday.

In sweeping remarks, the King traced the historic ties between the two nations including their role in the second world war and Britain’s participation in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the shared legal tradition rooted in the Magna Carta.

“We answered the call together — as our people have done so for more than a century, shoulder to shoulder, through two world wars, the cold war, Afghanistan and moments that have defined our shared security,” he said.

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