King Charles and his wife, Camilla, are visiting the United States, and they met with the president and First Lady on Tuesday.
According to CBS News, the royal couple “were greeted at the White House with a formal state arrival ceremony welcoming them to the capital, complete with a military flyover and cannon salute. Mr. Trump cast the visit in both personal and historical terms, noting his mother’s Scottish ancestry and the long relationship between the U.S. and U.K.”
After the meeting, the king was heading to the Capitol to address a joint session of Congress. He will become just the second British monarch to address a joint session of Congress, and the first since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1991.
“He’s going to be addressing Congress, and I’m going to be watching,” the president said, per CBS. “I was thinking of going, but they said, ‘I don’t know. That might be a step too far.’ I would love to go. It’s not supposed to be protocol, but I would love to be with you.”
During his speech, the president stated that his late mother, Mary, once had a crush on the young Charles. He did, however, not mention his longtime, oft-stated crush on Charles’ late former wife, Princess Diana.
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Also, a picture was taken after the meeting of the president placing his hand on the First Lady’s posterior.
That’s going to cost extra. pic.twitter.com/vL4tEK6tKb
— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) April 28, 2026
Quite a few people on social media had things to say about that picture.
🤣every maga be like
‘aw look he cant keep his hands off her he loves her so much 🥰🥰🥰Trump be like
‘yeah mother fucking cameras behind me’ get this shotMelania be like ‘😖’ https://t.co/KsF536COji
— Kelly Mullaney (@counsellorkel21) April 28, 2026
The Epstein class. https://t.co/GMm4HadJgN
— MeloDramatical𐚁💙🐝 (@WetKissesB) April 28, 2026
No decorum whatsoever….he kept lowering the bar https://t.co/nslsiR0pQ3
— Oyetunji Olunloyo (@TJLoyo) April 28, 2026
Absolutely disgraceful for trump to be doing that in public! I guess he has to grab it while he can, definitely nothing going on behind closed doors with him anyway! https://t.co/Zv2pyhav6w
— marcella (@cd4633) April 28, 2026
— P. F. Hein (@pfhein) April 28, 2026
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.