(From left) US First Lady Melania Trump, Trump, Starmer and his wife Lady Victoria Starmer watching a demonstration by the Red Devils, the British Army’s elite parachute display team, at Chequers, near Aylesbury, England. — Doug Mills/The New York Times
KING Charles III invoked his forebear George III during US President Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain this month, saying his 18th-century ancestor did not “spare his words when he spoke of the revolutionary leaders” in the colonies.
Charles almost certainly spared Trump a few of his words, as likely did Prime Minister Keir Starmer, on a state visit that was more about flattering the president than forging policy breakthroughs.
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