1 of 7 | Britain's King Charles III departs Tuesday after his address to a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Pool photo by Kylie Cooper/UPI | License Photo
April 28 (UPI) -- King Charles III drew both applause and laughter in his address to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, focusing on the importance of alliances and stressing the long history of the two countries.
"The very principle on which your Congress was founded -- no taxation without representation -- was at once a fundamental disagreement between us, and at the same time, a shared democratic value which you inherited from us," the king said before U.S. lawmakers.
"Ours is a partnership born of dispute, but no less strong for it."
The two nations, Britain and the United States, have always been drawn together by their shared values and traditions, he continued.
