King Charles US visit live: British monarch attends state dinner with Trump after his earlier speech to Congress

President Donald Trump praised King Charles’ congressional address as he welcomed him and Queen Camilla to the White House for a state dinner.

“He made a great speech, I was very jealous,” Trump said as he pointed to the King.

King Charles is expected to attend a state dinner at the White House this evening.

Guests are arriving now, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook.

King Charles met with tech leaders and entrepreneurs at Blair House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of his state dinner at the White House.

Attendees included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google President Ruth Porat.

King Charles was met with huge cheers as he emphasized the importance of “checks and balances” on executive power during his congressional address.

King Charles’ congressional address was “brilliant, bold and challenging,” Piers Morgan said on social media.

“Brilliant, bold and challenging address by King Charles to the U.S. Congress which was (very unusually!) united in regular standing ovations,” he wrote. “The best speech of his life, right when his country needed him to step up and repair the Special Relationship. Bravo, Your Majesty!”

The Independent’s Holly Baxter breaks down King Charles’ historic speech to Congress:

King Charles was “deeply honoured” to speak before Congress, and was “greatly touched” by the response afterward, according to a Buckingham Palace spokesperson.

“The King was deeply honoured to have been invited to be the first British King to give such an address and was greatly touched by the warmth and generosity of the response he received,” the spokesperson said.

King Charles wanted to acknowledge victims of abuse in his joint address to Congress, including those allegedly abused by Jeffrey Epstein, the palace has said.