King Charles just showed Prince Harry how to charm the world | Royal | News

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are struggling with an identity crisis, but the one thing King Charles has proven they’re definitely not is flamboyant diplomats. Donald Trump is fuming over a petulant Harry’s “why can’t we all just move on” speech in Ukraine last month as he demanded the US President show some “leadership”.

Just days ago the president eviscerated Harry and Meghan in the Oval Office, saying: “That wife. Boy, what did she do to that man…” He also criticized Harry ahead of the King’s successful US State Visit last month, saying: “Prince Harry? How is he doing? How is his wife? Please give him my regards.”

“I know one thing: Prince Harry doesn’t speak for the United Kingdom, that’s for sure. I think I speak for the United Kingdom more than Prince Harry does.” The US president later sarcastically thanked Harry “very much” for his advice on Ukraine.

So lecturing the world’s most powerful man clearly doesn’t produce results. I’m not a fan of Trump, but he’s not going anywhere anytime soon and we can throw in the alpha males and bullies.

Everyone has their weaknesses and diplomats are more cunning and quiet than royal hire Harry stepped on Trump’s Achilles Heel.

Donald loves the Royal Family.

This all stems from his royalist Scottish mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, who was born in the village of Tong on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

Last week, Trump said in his welcome speech: “Whenever the Queen was at a ceremony or anything, my mother would glue herself to the TV and say, ‘Look, Donald, look how beautiful this is.’ She really loved family.

“But I also remember him saying very clearly: ‘Charles, look, young Charles, he’s so sweet.’ My mother was in love with Charles. Can you believe this? “Great, I wonder what you’re thinking right now.”

And during King Charles’ visit, he demonstrated the charm and intelligence of not just Trump, but Democrats and Republicans alike.

Crunch! ‘Special Relationship’. Ka-pow! ‘Two countries united by a unique history’. Bang! ‘We’re here when you need us’. Diplomatic arrows carefully aimed one after another.

As King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the US to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom, he even chose that sensitive topic for humor; which made his skill all the more impressive as Americans became more adept at it.

Addressing the US Congress, Charles jokingly assured lawmakers that he was not in America due to “cunning rearguard action”.

And he said with a laugh: “The Founding Fathers were brave and imaginative rebels with a cause. They declared Independence 250 years ago, or as we say in the UK, just the other day.”

The King was married to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. He received 12 standing ovations, becoming the second British monarch to speak on Capitol Hill, following in Elizabeth’s footsteps.

At a state dinner at the White House, Charles ventured: “Indeed, you recently said, Mr. President, that if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German.

“Dare I say this, if it weren’t for us, you’d be speaking French!” It refers to the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which transferred the American colonies to England.

And the King laughed, telling the guests that the party was “a remarkable improvement over the Boston Tea Party.”

But the smartest of all was when Charles gifted Trump a golden bell, an idea of ​​his own, from the Royal Navy submarine HMS Trump, which fought in the Pacific Rim in World War II.

Charles said: “Let this stand as a testimony to our nations’ common history and bright future. And if you ever need to reach us… then call us!”

At a time when US-UK relations are tense, with Trump and Keir Starmer at odds over the war in Iran, the visit was a masterstroke and proved that soft-touch diplomacy works.

Harry’s fuss proves that he is a bit of a hapless neophyte on the world stage. Harry wants it all, and some of it comes from a very good place.

The veteran and charity champion wants to be the planet’s ambassador of peace and raise awareness of the dangers of social media, but she also wants to fund it by making piles of money selling books, TV shows and replicas of Meghan’s jams, candles and outfits.

Meanwhile, the King is just the King. And it does it very well.