As WLT Report reported, President Trump and Melania welcomed both King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White House on Tuesday morning.
After a White House meeting with President Trump, Charles headed to the Capitol, where he was scheduled to address a joint session of Congress.
Charles received a warm applause from members of Congress:
🚨 NOW: KING CHARLES has just been introduced in a Joint Session of Congress where he'll be giving a HISTORIC speech to American lawmakers
An honor that VERY few foreign dignitaries have.
One Keir Starmer will absolutely never get. pic.twitter.com/nrUvdF6CMt
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 28, 2026
Charles started out his speech by celebrating America’s 250th anniversary and stated, “For all of that time, our destinies as nations have been interlinked. As Oscar Wilde said, we have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.”
NBC News reported that Charles also addressed the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner:
Toward the top of his remarks to Congress, Charles spoke briefly about the incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, allegedly the third assassination attempt on Trump.
“We meet in times of great uncertainty; in times of conflict from Europe to the Middle East which pose immense challenges for the international community and whose impact is felt in communities the length and breadth of our own countries,” he told lawmakers.
He continued, “We meet, too, in the aftermath of the incident not far from this great building that sought to harm the leadership of your nation and to foment wider fear and discord. Let me say with unshakeable resolve: such acts of violence will never succeed. Whatever our differences, whatever disagreements we may have, we stand united in our commitment to uphold democracy, to protect all our people from harm and to salute the courage of those who daily risk their lives in the service of our countries.”
Watch here:
King Charles III acknowledged and condemned the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in his address to Congress: “Let me say with unshakable resolve: such acts of violence will never succeed.” https://t.co/GvhDr41xtS pic.twitter.com/R337WVYsMS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 28, 2026
Watch King Charles’ speech live here:
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