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Can King Charles III help heal the US-British rupture?
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Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla will arrive in Washington on the afternoon of April 27.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Michael D. Shear
LONDON – Nearly seven decades have passed since a British monarch travelled to the United States in the hope of repairing a relationship damaged by a disastrous military adventure in the Middle East.
In 1957, Queen Elizabeth II charmed President Dwight D. Eisenhower after Britain joined France and Israel in trying to seize back control of the Suez Canal from Egypt. Widely condemned, Britain’s actions caused a domestic political crisis and underscored the country’s status as a second-tier power.
