The King and Queen’s four-day state visit to the United States has come to an end.
Heralded as a chance to thaw the frosty relations between Keir Starmer and Donald Trump after disputes over the Iran war and the Chagos Islands, the first visit by a British monarch since 2007 saw King Charles give a speech to Congress, attend a ceremonial banquets, and even give the president a bell from World War Two submarine, ‘HMS Trump’.
Trump, however, is notoriously fickle in his affections.
BBC’s North America editor Sarah Smith analyses what the King’s state visit achieved.
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