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Wow, so the King is set to visit Canada in 2025, while Trump will visit the UK—though we don’t know when yet, possibly in 2025 as well? What a busy year for the King
Soft diplomacy in action.Wow, so the King is set to visit Canada in 2025, while Trump will visit the UK—though we don’t know when yet, possibly in 2025 as well? What a busy year for the King
The Royal Family remains the UK's secret weapon. If anyone still doubted the value and soft power of the monarchy, I guess today's meeting with Trump have put those doubts to rest.Good diplomatic move to visit both.
The letter to The President from King Charles also invites him to visit Dumfries House or Balmoral to talk further about a second state visit. A visit to Balmoral would be a rare honour as usually its only UK or Commonwealth leaders that visit from what I can recall.
Indeed, Starmer refused to answer that question. In fact, he said in response thereto, that "there was no divide between the US and the UK", or something like that.The King in his capacity as Head of the Commonwealth does not have to follow the advice of any government minister of any realm. I think therefore he should put out some sort of statement regarding the territorial integrity & sovereignty of all his Commonwealth Realms whilst at the same time in his capacity as King of the UK welcoming POTUS.
And what an utter embarrasment Starmer was when asked the following question :
"did you discuss, with President Trump, his repeated statements of desire to annex Canada, and has the King expressed any concern over the president’s apparent desire to remove one of his realms from his control?”
He has to follow the advice of the UK government. Other than the Christmas messasge EVERY message he puts out is approved by the British government - even those made as Head of the Commonwealth.The King in his capacity as Head of the Commonwealth does not have to follow the advice of any government minister of any realm. I think therefore he should put out some sort of statement regarding the territorial integrity & sovereignty of all his Commonwealth Realms whilst at the same time in his capacity as King of the UK welcoming POTUS.
And what an utter embarrasment Starmer was when asked the following question :
"did you discuss, with President Trump, his repeated statements of desire to annex Canada, and has the King expressed any concern over the president’s apparent desire to remove one of his realms from his control?”
I do not think the UK government will consider it a priority to offer Denmark a state visit so early in the reign of KC3.Will a Danish state visit to the UK be possible this year?
I think you’re right! According to reports I found, the first one the Duchess attended was the Chinese visit in 2015. I only found one report that indicates it was William’s first banquet too.( see below)I would imagine after he was married and as Duke of Cambridge?
(not 100% sure)
Chinese state banquet, 2015When was the first time Prince William attended a state visit banquet to the UK?
It took him many years to attend a state banquet compared to the new heirs. Catharina Amalia of the Netherlands and Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, for example, started doing this while still in their 20s, and Ingrid isn't even crown princess yet.Chinese state banquet, 2015
He took is time, but he wasn't the Crown Prince till 2022. Previously, in addition to the Queen & Philip, Charles & Camilla, Anne & Tim, Andrew, Edward & Sophie, the Gloucester's, Eddie Kent and Alexandra all attended state banquets. There really was no need for William to do so.It took him many years to attend a state banquet compared to the new heirs. Catharina Amalia of the Netherlands and Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, for example, started doing this while still in their 20s, and Ingrid isn't even crown princess yet.
But the Wales’s are notorious for being work shy, both are in their 40’s and you can hardly say they working full time as Royals!He took is time, but he wasn't the Crown Prince till 2022. Previously, in addition to the Queen & Philip, Charles & Camilla, Anne & Tim, Andrew, Edward & Sophie, the Gloucester's, Eddie Kent and Alexandra all attended state banquets. There really was no need for William to do so.
It’s not out of necessity but people who usually attend the state visits in the UK from the royal family do it out of duty.I've been critical of their work efforts but even I agree there was little point them attending state banquets too early, the BRF had 10+ royals attending each state banquet so tbh it was unnecessary. The BRF are quite good at managing their "top team" to ensure they are used to best effect - why do you think we rarely ever saw the late Queen out and about with other "working royal" members of her family until her health required it? By William not attending a State Visit before 2015 helped take the sting out of his father not attending the State Banquet for the Chinese so - attention was too much on William and Catherine at their first banquet for anyone to notice too much. So all worked out well in the end.
He wasn't Prince of Wales at that time and was the grandson of the Monarch.It took him many years to attend a state banquet compared to the new heirs. Catharina Amalia of the Netherlands and Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, for example, started doing this while still in their 20s, and Ingrid isn't even crown princess yet.
William & Catherine did not start to live in London until 2017. In 2015-2017, they were based at Anmer Hal and William worked with the East Anglia Rescue Service. This was arrangement that QE2 and Prince Charles were comfortable with, so I do not see it as an issue. Since 2017 when they took on state duties full time, I think William and Catherine have attended every state banquet, barring when she was pregnant with Louis or when recovering from cancer.Again that would be a great excuse for prince harry not to attend but not for the 30+ future prince of wales who was working part time as a pilot, there was no need for him to attend as there was a lot of of royal family members there, but did he have something more important than this to do, his engagements during that time was so few and he wasn’t studying in college so what’s was the reason!