King Charles III may well be channeling his mother when he arrives in Washington April 27.
During her record-setting reign, Queen Elizabeth II met with 13 sitting U.S. presidents − more than any other person from anywhere, ever − and sometimes at moments when the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom was strained.
Now that is her son’s task in his first visit to the former colonies since he was crowned, arriving amid rifts over the war in Iran and the future of NATO.
What are Elizabeth’s lessons?
Here are four of them.












