Mike Johnson invites UK royals to give joint address to Congress on 250th year of independence

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has formally invited the United Kingdom’s constitutional monarch, King Charles III, to deliver an address to a Joint Meeting of Congress during the monarch’s upcoming visit to the United States, framing the moment as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations.

In a letter sent on behalf of bipartisan congressional leadership to Buckingham Palace, lawmakers wrote, “It is our honor to invite you to address a Joint Meeting of Congress on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.” 

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