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King Charles III addressed a joint session of Congress on April 28, 2026 — only the second British monarch to do so — calling for "reconciliation and renewal" of the US-UK alliance at the lowest point in the transatlantic relationship in decades. The speech came amid a rupture caused by PM Keir Starmer's refusal to support US military action against Iran, Trump's retaliatory tariff threats, a suspended intelligence-sharing arrangement over Caribbean boat strikes, and broader questions about whether the "special relationship" has already become functionally obsolete.