King Charles III will be speaking to members of the House and Senate amid heightened geopolitical tensions between the United States and his country.

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King Charles will be the first British monarch to address Congress since his mother, Queen Elizabeth, in 1991.

Britain’s King Charles III will emphasize the long history and democratic values his country shares with the US in an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

King Charles III of Britain will reportedly acknowledge on Tuesday the current strains between London and the Trump administration but plans to emphasize to a joint meeting of Congress the special ties that bind the United Kingdom and United States.

King Charles III will be speaking to members of the House and Senate amid heightened geopolitical tensions between the United States and his country.

King Charles III is set to address a joint session of U.S. Congress on Tuesday, marking only the second time a British monarch has done so since Queen Elizabeth II in 1991.

While the UK and US have not always agreed on everything, the nations’ shared traditions mean that “time and again, our two countries have always found ways to come together”, the King is set to tell Congress.