Five key takeaways from King Charles’s historic US Congress speech

NewsUKHome NewsFive key takeaways from King Charles’s historic US Congress speechKing Charles received 12 standing ovations as congress listened to his speech in Washington DCBryony Gooch Wednesday 29 April 2026 10:58 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2966986","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-congress-speech-us-state-visit-trump-nato-epstein-b2966986.html","title":"Five key takeaways from King Charles’s historic US Congress speech"}}CloseHuge cheers as King Charles hails importance of 'checks and balances' on executive powerGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP","regTitle":"Morning Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"morning_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"d9194ae4-912a-47fb-8f79-f495b1e014c1","type":"morning_headlines","pathPrefix":["/news/uk","/news/uk/home-news"],"title":"Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/morningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveIndyHeadlinesNews","regSourceSection":"Home News","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}King Charles III centred transatlantic harmony in his historic speech to both houses of Congress, receiving...