THIS is the moment President Donald Trump says he is “jealous” of the King’s historic speech to Congress.
Welcoming the monarch to the White House for a lavish state dinner, the Don beamed to the cameras and pointed at His Majesty.
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Pointing at the King, Trump said: ‘He made a great speech, I was very jealous’ Credit: AP
The First Lady and the queen shared a kiss and an embrace as the royals arrived for dinner Credit: Reuters
His wife, the First Lady Melania, was grinning next to her husband as he joked to the paparazzi.
Pointing at the King, Trump said: “He made a great speech, I was very jealous.”
The King, 77, and the President, 79, were joined by an impressive guest list of VIPs at a glitzy dinner to mark the close of the second day of the state visit.
Entrepreneurs, executives, politicians, sportsmen and CEOs attended the state dinner in the East Room alongside Trump and Charles after a day of good humoured bridge-building.
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The two couple’s posed for a picture inside the White House ahead of the dinner Credit: AP
Trump and Melania led Camilla and Charles through the White House Credit: AFP
Before making their way into the White House for dinner Trump praised Charles for his earlier speech to Congress, joking that he was jealous of the King’s performance.
Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez, along with outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook and Rory McIlroy, were also in attendance at the dinner.
Charles earned some 12 standing ovations throughout his half hour address, originally slated for 20 minutes.
His address ran overtime due to spontaneous applause but also peels of laughter and occasional whoops of agreement.
The monarch became the second reigning royal to to make a speech on Capitol Hill after his late mum, The Queen, made a similar address in 1991.
He used his quick wit to hold the ear of the gathered 535 lawmakers from the Senate and House of Representatives.
Opening on a light note, the King quoted Oscar Wilde, earning himself a burst of laughter.
Quoting the author and poet, Charles said: “We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.”
Moving on, the King then earned another laugh when he asked for volunteers to adopt the role of the MP who is traditionally held “hostage” at Buckingham Palace during the State Opening of Parliament.
Charles joked: “As you may know, when I address my own Parliament at Westminster, we still follow an age-old tradition and take a member of Parliament ‘hostage’, holding him or her at Buckingham Palace until I am safely returned.
“These days, we look after our ‘guest’ rather well – to the point that they often do not want to leave!
“I don’t know, Mr Speaker, if there were any volunteers for that role here today?”
And, in yet another light-hearted moment Charles joked about his five-times great grandfather King George III – who was monarch when the US won independence from Britain.
He offered reassuring words to the gathered politicians as he said: “King George never set foot in America and, please rest assured, I am not here as part of some cunning rearguard action!”
And to another burst of laughter 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.”
Each of the quips earned the King a roar of laughter and a round of applause from the gathered audience.
During his warm speech Charles would also hail the shared UK-US values and the special relationship the two nations have.
It comes after the King shared several laughs earlier in the day with President Donald Trump.
