THE King has sent Donald Trump a “personal congratulations” on his inauguration and has praised the special relationship between the UK and the US.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Charles’s private written words were delivered to mark Trump being sworn into office as US president for a second time.
It is understood all options remain possible for an incoming state visit by Trump to the UK and a visit by Charles to the US, but no plans are currently in the diary.
Foreign monarchs, presidents or prime ministers are invited to visit the King on the advice and request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with the decision down to the Government.
With the Republican politician making the most dramatic comeback in US political history, Charles and Mr Trump will be expected to encounter one another face to face once again during Trump 2.0, as his second term in office is being dubbed.
Mr Trump is well known for his love of the monarchy and the royal family plays a central role in the UK’s bond with the US.
The US leader boasted he had “automatic chemistry” with the late Queen, and has hailed the King as a “really wonderful guy”.
Melania Trump previously revealed in her memoir how the couple are pen pals with King Charles.
It comes as Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, earlier today.
Seated across the walkway from Joe Biden, Trump arrived to a large applause before turning to shake Biden’s hand.
He could be seen sitting next to his vice presidential nominee JD Vance.
Even state Governors were relegated to the Emancipation Hall overflow viewing room as tech titans took their place to watch the ceremony.
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos were all given seats.
Meanwhile, Michelle Obama opted to skip the ceremony with husband Barack attending alone.
Her unexplained absence comes after she missed Jimmy Carter’s funeral earlier this month and she is the only former first lady not in attendance.
Other notable attendees included AI billionaires Sam Altman and Alexadr Wang, YouTube influencers and brothers Logan and Jake Paul, New york Mayor Eric Adams , mixed martial artist and boxer Conor McGregor, and comedian and podcaster Theo Von.
