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S8 Ep832: 12/16: King Charles III visited the United States and Bermuda, receiving bipartisan acclaim in Congress for his defense of constitutional checks and balances. Despite health concerns, the King successfully revitalized the special relationship and was laud

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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12/16: King Charles III visited the United States and Bermuda, receiving bipartisan acclaim in Congress for his defense of constitutional checks and balances. Despite health concerns, the King successfully revitalized the special relationship and was lauded by a Bermuda rabbi for his family's historical protection of Jews. Gregory Copley reports.

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0:00.0

I'm John Datch with Quagery Copley.

0:18.5

This is the King Charles III report, the king and his

0:22.3

queen, Camilla, arriving in America, giving the speech before Congress, being met by dignitaries

0:28.4

in Washington, and then departing after I saw them visit the Shendow Valley, I believe, momentarily.

0:34.4

In any event, the king was very generous and gracious, as we know him to be.

0:40.0

At the same time, in my mind, as a cancer survivor, I know that there is that doubt in your mind.

0:47.4

Is this it? Is this my last year? You don't know. But the king is said to be ill. We don't know the details. We do know that it's not

0:56.6

an illness you can recover from. It's an illness you cope with. You deal with. Good for him.

1:02.2

It tires you out. And the king was relentless in his pursuit of being gracious. He's a machine

1:08.9

when he goes into that ability to be generous, Gregory.

1:13.8

He's got polished that one could only imagine where he'd got it from.

1:20.6

Well, yes.

1:21.6

In fact, this was a triumphant visit.

1:26.2

He proved to be the only person to address Congress, the joint session of

1:33.7

Congress, and have bilateral response from the Democrats and the Republicans. They both

1:42.8

cheered him. They both welcomed his comments,

1:45.9

which were indeed, as you're saying,

1:47.3

not any gracious,

1:48.6

but were considered about the role,

1:52.4

for example, of executive power and parliamentary power

1:56.7

and how there's a need for the checks and balances,

2:00.2

which are theoretically in the US system

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