'Charles and Camilla's schmoozing cannot transform orange man-toddler Trump'

'Charles and Camilla's schmoozing cannot transform orange man-toddler Trump'Kevin Maguire shares his objection to King Charles and Queen Camilla's upcoming US state visit as he says rewarding Trump's 'bad behaviour' will only encourage a 'bullying enemy'NewsopinionKevin Maguire Associate Editor22:16, 26 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesCharles and Camilla are set to fly to the US for a state visit days after an assassination attempt on Donald Trump(Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Sending a pair of elderly Britons, Charlie and Camilla, to woo orange maniac Donald Trump leaves even veteran republicans like my good self feeling queasy. ‌ Not that I have much time for a cosseted couple who are providing a Norfolk safe house for the disgraced former prince, seedy Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. My objection is rewarding bad behaviour by man-toddler Trump will only encourage a bullying enemy who declared economic war on Britain, imperils our ­security, contemptuously dismissed squaddies killed in Afghanistan and would gift the Falklands to Argentina. ‌ Trump may, just may, be on his very best behaviour during this week’s royal visit but it will have as deep and long an impact as last September’s unprecedented second state visit to Windsor. Which is precisely zero, zilch, nowt. ‌ View 3 ImagesKing Charles is travelling to the US this coming week (Image: PA) OPINIONRussell Myers, in Washington DC'King Charles has been put in near-impossible situation by desperate government'King Charles III