The King’s Visit and the Roots of American Order

It may seem odd that the reigning English monarch is visiting the United States to celebrate the 250th anniversaryopens in a new tab of American independence. Yet, as King Charles III acknowledged in his speech to a joint session of Congressopens in a new tab, the ties binding the American Republic and the United Kingdom are stronger than any ill will lingering from the late unpleasantness of the Revolution.