King Charles is starting his four-day US state visit to the United States on Monday with Queen Camilla, amid a tense security atmosphere after Donald Trump was targeted by a gunman.
The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was thrown into chaos on Saturday night after an attempted attack, which saw shots fired, prompting the US president to be swiftly evacuated by Secret Service agents along with other senior members of his administration.
Buckingham Palace announced on Sunday that Charles’s visit to Washington would still go ahead largely as planned. However, it is understood there will be some modest operational adjustments to one or two royal engagements.
The historic visit, the King’s first visit to the US as monarch, will mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and herald the start of celebrations across the US.
The royal couple, who will begin their visit with a private tea hosted by the president and first lady, will also commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks that brought down New York’s Twin Towers.
It comes as UK-US relations have become strained following tense conversations between Trump and prime minister Keir Starmer over the Iran war.
