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King Charles III Plans US Visit Including 9/11 Memorial Event with New York Mayor
King Charles III will embark on a three-day trip to the United States next week, featuring a wreath-laying at the 9/11 memorial with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The visit also includes a state dinner at the White House and an address to a joint meeting of Congress. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg will join the memorial event.
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King Charles III will visit the United States next week for three days, with plans to meet the mayor of New York at a wreath-laying ceremony at the 9/11 memorial in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday. Two people familiar with the planning said the event will bring together the British monarch and the democratic socialist mayor. A former mayor will also attend the wreath-laying.
The king's itinerary includes a state dinner at the White House, a source said. King Charles III is expected to address a joint meeting of Congress during the trip.
The mayor of New York was born in Uganda. He was raised in South Africa and moved to New York at age 7. The mayor is a democratic socialist. King Charles III met President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, before formally bidding farewell to the president on day two of their state visit to the UK, September 18, 2025.
President Trump met Charles after he visited Queen Elizabeth in June 2019. Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022.
