Visit with Camilla to take place in late April amid calls for delay over conflict and Trump-Starmer tensions
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King Charles will go ahead with a state visit to the US in April, Buckingham Palace has confirmed, despite some politicians saying the trip will be a “humiliation” while Donald Trump’s war with Iran is ongoing.
The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, said Keir Starmer had shown he was not prepared to stand up to the US president and cancel the visit.
The announcement of the visit came just minutes after Trump launched another verbal attack on the UK, saying the country should learn to “fight for yourselves” and take jet fuel from the Middle East using force. Last week Trump criticised the UK military, saying its aircraft carriers were “toys” and unwanted.
