S8 Ep673: 12. Gregory Copley previews King Charles III’s state visit to Washington, emphasizing its role in preserving the strategic alliance and common purpose between English-speaking nations despite political tensions between the Trump administration and London.
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
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12. Gregory Copley previews King Charles III’s state visit to Washington, emphasizing its role in preserving the strategic alliance and common purpose between English-speaking nations despite political tensions between the Trumpadministration and London. (12)
1947 SAUDI ARABIA
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| 1:01.5 | I'm John Betts with Gregory Kopp, the author of Noble State, a book about constitutional monarchy and the way it's lived today. |
| 1:03.9 | The king of Canada is coming to America, the king of New Zealand, the king of Australia, |
| 1:08.3 | all one person, King Charles III, and the expectation |
| 1:12.4 | is grand. The dates are, well, Gregory wouldn't tell me, but somewhere near the end of April. |
| 1:17.2 | When is it, Gregory? |
| 1:18.6 | April 27th, for three days. And there will be a state dinner at the White House on April the 28th, |
| 1:25.6 | and the king will also address a joint session of the House of Representatives |
| 1:31.4 | and Senate whilst he's in Washington. |
| 1:34.7 | And it's interesting because he was originally planning to attend around July 4th. |
| 1:41.3 | There's been a huge pressure in the United Kingdom for him to not come at all and |
| 1:49.7 | basically use that as a voice against President Trump, because President Trump has been |
| 1:55.5 | very insulting to Britain's defense contributions and other works around the world. And President Trump is |
| 2:05.0 | probably right to be angry and impatient with Sekeir Stama and the Labor government, |
| 2:10.4 | which has been ineffective, not just in terms of alliance issues, but in terms of Britain's |
| 2:15.3 | own national defense and its economic and global strategic roles. |
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