King Charles lands in New York, first royal visit since 2010

King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in New York City on Wednesday for the second leg of their four-day state visit to the United States, marking the first trip to the city by a reigning British monarch since Queen Elizabeth II in 2010. The royal couple will commemorate the victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks during a wreath-laying ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial, where they are expected to meet with first responders and families of victims alongside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Queen Camilla is scheduled to visit the New York Public Library to deliver a new "Roo" doll to mark the 100th birthday of A.A. Milne's beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh. The five dolls currently on display at the library, including Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and Kanga, inspired the characters in Milne's children's books and were donated to the library in 1987. Meanwhile, King Charles will visit an after-school urban farming initiative in Harlem that addresses food insecurity among young people, a cause that has been a passion of his for decades. The New York visit comes midway through a historic trip that began with the king delivering a rare speech to a joint meeting of Congress, becoming the first British monarch to address Congress since Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. In his speech, Charles emphasized the historical military and cultural ties between the United Kingdom and the United States while warning against American isolationism and stressing the importance of NATO. The visit is taking place amid heightened tensions between the two countries over the Iran war, with President Donald Trump having criticized UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for what Trump describes as insufficient support for the US-Israeli campaign. The royal couple will attend a reception for the King's Trust, a charity Charles founded in 1976, before returning to the White House on Thursday for a formal farewell.