Well, he played a blinder.

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King Charles’ speech to the US Congress hit every mark. Warm, funny, factual, fraternal, sometimes bold and definitely smart.

His much shorter address at the State banquet was charming, with a couple of lines bordering on stand-up comedy - “If it wasn’t for us you’d be speaking French”. A retort to President Trump’s rant weeks ago about America’s intervention in WW2 and us speaking German. And all this from a King whose family name is really Saxe-Coburg Gothe. Soft power or brass neck? He needed a bit of both on this visit.

A couple of days ago, Emily Maitlis, co-host of Global’s The News Agents, revealed a person close to the King and his planning for Washington........

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