UK's King Charles III to pay state visit to US in late April

King Charles III will visit the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.  Confirmation of the monarch's first state visit to the US comes at a rocky time for the so-called US-UK "special relationship".  Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that the trip would take place on April 27-30 and include a "beautiful Banquet Dinner at the White House on the evening of April 28th".

The visit will come as the US marks its 250th anniversary of independence and will be followed by an official visit by the king to Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory.