London ¨C Britain's King Charles' courting of U.S. President Donald Trump on his state visit will not repair the recent fraying of U.S.-British relations but underscores how London is playing a longer game in trying to preserve the historic alliance.
Britain has routinely deployed the royal family to charm the mercurial U.S. president, hosting him for a lavish state visit last September and dispatching King Charles and Queen Camilla to Washington this week for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence from ?British rule.
Trump has repeatedly mocked and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in recent weeks over his refusal to back the Iran war, but diplomats and ?commentators said ?Charles' task was not so much to smooth political ties as to remind the American public and their politicians of ?the depth and longevity of the relationship.
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