King Charles Praises 250-Year US-UK Bond as Trump Marks July 4 in Washington

3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 4

King Charles used America’s 250th anniversary to salute a US-UK relationship “founded on friendship” in a message to President Donald Trump and the American public.
The king said centuries of shared challenges had built trust in liberty, the rule of law and human dignity, and voiced confidence the allies would keep defending those values over the next 250 years.
Washington’s July 4 program will feature Trump, flyovers by hundreds of aircraft and what he called the “largest fireworks show in history,” with celebrations also planned in New York and Philadelphia.
The message follows Charles’s May state visit to Washington—the first by a British monarch since 2007—when he met Trump despite strains over the UK’s stance on the Iran war and his call for continued NATO support for Ukraine.