Britain's King Charles III talks with US President Donald Trump during his state visit to the U.K. on September 18, 2025. The king's visit to the U.S. has political and policy implications that run deep.Kevin Lamarque/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

What Britain wants from King Charles’ trip to Trumpland – POLITICO

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LONDON — When King Charles III lands in the U.S. on Monday, his aides will be carrying a heavy ring binder lined with thick, textured paper.

Among reams of timings, briefings and biographies will likely be a condensed list of key objectives, the result of months of planning with the British government, expanded upon in the margins with handwritten scribbles from the monarch’s red felt-tip pen.

It will not have been easy to write.