He pulled it off masterfully. Every time he stuck the knife in, he smiled slightly and looked pointedly out into the audience, then issued the attack. Over and over again, King Charles stood before both Houses of Congress and made the case. He made it for Ukraine, for Nato, for multiculturalism, for the environment. For the most important lesson of all: the restraint of executive power.

“The US Supreme Court Historical Society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 Supreme Court cases since 1789,” he said, “not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances.”

There was a smattering of applause on the Democrat side, at which point he glanced up at the audience and looked at them meaningfully, as if to say, ‘Yes I am making the point you think I am. You have a system which is supposed to prevent people like Trump creating cults of personality and you don’t seem to be doing anything about it.’ Then there was a standing ovation.

“In both of our countries,” the King said, “it is the very fact of our vibrant, diverse and free societies that gives us our collective strength.” Over and over again, he took aim at the Maga movement. On its policies, its tone, its ideology, and the basic nativist assumptions that hold it together.

Charles is very good at this. The speech was pitch-perfect. Everything stayed just on the right side of explicit, preventing it from becoming too embarrassing to his host, but it was........

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