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The White House celebrated King Charles’ historic state visit to the U.S. with a photo of the British monarch standing beside President Donald Trump at the White House, captioned “TWO KINGS”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The president has previously likened himself to royalty, writing “LONG LIVE THE KING” on social media after his administration won an initial legal battle against New York City’s congestion pricing program last winter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
King Charles’ state visit to the U.S. is the first by a reigning British monarch in nearly 20 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The White House cheered King Charles<\/a>‘ historic visit to the U.S.<\/a> with a photo of the British monarch standing beside President Donald Trump<\/a> at the White House on Tuesday, April 28.<\/p>\n \u201cTWO KINGS. \ud83d\udc51,\u201d the White House captioned the photo on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n The president has previously likened himself to royalty. In a Truth Social post<\/a> last winter, after his administration won an initial legal battle against New York City’s congestion pricing program, Trump boasted, \u201cLONG LIVE THE KING.\u201d<\/p>\n The White House followed Trump’s post with an illustration<\/a> of the president on a fictional magazine cover called \u201cTrump<\/em>,\u201d resembling Time<\/em>, wearing a crown and posing against the New York City skyline. The post, which the White House shared on Instagram and X, repeated Trump’s \u201clong live the king\u201d message.<\/p>\n \u200bThousands of Americans have been protesting the second Trump administration since June in a series of \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies<\/a> across the U.S. \u201cThe president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings \u2014 and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty,\u201d organizers wrote<\/a> on the protests’ website.<\/p>\n Asked in June whether Trump viewed himself as a king, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said<\/a>, \u201cThe president views himself as the president of the United States of America. This is a constitutional republic.\u201d<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/em><\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Following a Daily Mail<\/em><\/a> report published Tuesday that the president and King Charles may share a common ancestor, Trump posted a screenshot of the article to Truth Social<\/a>, writing, \u201cI’ve always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace!!!\u201d<\/p>\n The King and Queen Camilla<\/a> were greeted with a ceremonial military review<\/a> at the White House on Tuesday, after kicking off their state visit to the U.S. \u2014 the first in nearly 20 years<\/a> for a reigning British monarch\u2014 with a garden party at the British embassy<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n The royals’ four-day visit will include a state dinner at the White House, a visit to the 9\/11 Memorial in New York and a block party in Virginia<\/a> to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence from the U.K.<\/p>\n