Explainer 515: Has King Charles saved the special relationship?

About this episode

The episode explores whether King Charles III has positively influenced US-UK relations during a state visit.

Given Donald Trump’s fondness for royalty, who better than King Charles III to smooth US-UK tensions? Andrew Mueller considers whether the current state visit has delivered a diplomatic win for palace soft power. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Mueller

Topics covered

• diplomacy
• US-UK relations
• royalty
• soft power
• politics

Keywords

• King Charles III
• US-UK tensions
• diplomatic win
• soft power
• Donald Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Monocle

Places: US, UK

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