In a new age of revolt, it took a king to remind America of its republican values: the rule of law, democracy and the power of its international example.
King Charles III chooses his words with precision — as did his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Royal meaning must often be inferred.
But by regal standards, his speech to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday was strikingly direct.
Charles neither rebuked nor criticized the Trump administration. But the monarch implicitly frowned on America’s current political direction and defended pillars of Western
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