Diplomatic blunder on last day of King Charles’ U.S. visit during ceremony at Arlington Cemetery

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsDiplomatic blunder on last day of King Charles’ U.S. visit during ceremony at Arlington CemeteryThe King has won praise for his trip to the U.S. as he walked a diplomatic tight rope with Donald Trump - but the last day of the trip saw an unintentional mistakeOwen Scott Friday 01 May 2026 15:15 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2968835","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/king-charles-arlington-cemetery-union-flag-b2968835.html","title":"Diplomatic blunder on last day of King Charles’ U.S. tour during ceremony visit"}}CloseCharles and Camilla visit Arlington military cemeterySign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","re...