SOME OF THE KING’S BEST JOKES TO US CONGRESS AND A STATE DINNER
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
With reference to the upcoming 250th anniversary of US independence from Great Britain on July 4, the King assured Congress that he was “not here as part of some cunning rearguard action”, which drew a laugh from congressional members.
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He said: “King George never set foot in America and, please rest assured, I am not here as part of some cunning rearguard action.”
A TALE OF TWO GEORGES
The King then remarked on the similarity between a novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale Of Two Cities, and America’s independence from Great Britain in 1776.
Charles said: “This is a city which symbolises a period in our shared history, or what Charles Dickens might have called “A Tale Of Two Georges”: the first President, George Washington, and my five-times Great Grandfather, King George III.”
President Donald Trump toasts during a State Dinner with Britain’s King Charles III, Queen Camilla and first lady Melania Trump in the East Room of the White House State Dinner Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Credit: Alex Brandon/AP
OSCAR WILDE
Charles also recited Oscar Wilde’s remark on the differences in the US and UK’s vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation whilst acknowledging the cultural similarities between the two nations.
The King said: “As Oscar Wilde said, ‘We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.’”
TIME IS RELATIVE
The King continued by comparing the US’s comparatively short existence as an independent nation when put up against Britain.
He said: “The Founding Fathers were bold and imaginative rebels with a cause.
“250 years ago, or, as we say in the United Kingdom ‘just the other day’, they declared Independence.”
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump with Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla after posing for a photo at the Grand Staircase in the Grand Foyer of the White House during a State Dinner Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Credit: Alex Brandon/AP
MOTHER TONGUES
In a lighter moment later on at the state dinner, the King remarked how Trump has said how if it was not for the US, European countries would be speaking German, and he joked in return: “Dare I say that, if it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking French!”
US SPACE TRAVEL
Also at the state banquet, the King quipped about the US’s space travel, saying: “Now, I know you have big plans for the moon, Mr President, but I’ve actually checked the papers and I rather suspect it is already part of the Commonwealth, I’m afraid.”
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