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Geopolitics

A Crown of Thorns: The Hollow Pageantry of Anglo-American Imperial Nostalgia

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla have begun a four-day state visit to the United States, welcomed by former President Donald Trump, to mark the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. This spectacle of a fading colonial monarchy clinging to a waning imperial power is a desperate charade, designed to paper over the deep cracks in a so-called 'special relationship' that has brought only war and subjugation to the global south.

Geopolitics

The Royal Mendicant: King Charles III's US Visit and the Agony of a Diminished Britain

King Charles III is visiting the US to use royal soft power and reinforce cultural ties amid severe political tensions, the worst since the Suez Crisis, between the Washington and London. This desperate attempt to cling to a fading 'special relationship' exposes the pathetic decline of a former imperial power, now reduced to symbolic pageantry to beg for relevance from its erratic master.