Royal Visit Amid Iran Tensions With The UK

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🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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It has happened before, the United States and Great Britain are not in full agreement over a military conflict, and the British Royal Family intervenes diplomatically. This week had another historic visit by the British Monarchy, as King Charles delivered a speech before Congress that had a focus on how important the decades long alliance between the two countries has helped the world. The visit also comes at a time that relations between the U.S. and U.K. have devolved since the conflict with Iran started. FOX’s John Saucier speaks with Shannon Felton-Spence, the Director of Global Communications and Strategy at the Harvard Belfer Center, who explains how unique of a diplomatic tool the United Kingdom has in the British Royal Family. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	I'm Abby Hornacek. I'm Ben Dominic. I'm Dana Perino and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:38.2	Wednesday, April 29th, 2026.
0:41.4	I'm John Sassier.
0:42.9	What a scene on Capitol Hill this week when King Charles III strolled into a joint
0:47.4	session of Congress and delivered a powerful, even at times, funny speech.
0:52.1	The king making an official state visit to the United States
0:54.7	to celebrate America's 250th birthday, and it comes while America is at war in the Middle East.
1:00.5	He can call Washington, D.C. a success.
1:03.1	Donald Trump thinks it was a success.
1:05.1	They're all walking away from this, having warm and fuzzies about each other,
1:08.7	and that is exactly what the king's job was.
1:10.6	It is rare that we
1:11.9	get to see a member of the royal family, especially the sovereign, do their chief diplomat job.
1:17.4	This is the Fox News Rundown, Operation Epic Fury.
1:25.3	A lavish state dinner, a chummy chat with President Trump in a major speech before Congress.
1:30.5	What a whirlwind couple of days in Washington for King Charles III who, along with his wife, Queen Camilla,
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