The King has urged Donald Trump to stand up to the “tyranny” of Vladimir Putin as he encouraged the president to help bring peace to Ukraine and the Middle East.

In a speech at a lavish banquet honouring the US president’s historic second state visit to the UK , Charles praised Trump’s “personal commitment to finding solutions to some of the world’s most intractable conflicts, in order to secure peace”.

The words, which were written in agreement between Buckingham Palace and Downing Street , will be seen as a carefully-crafted message to the president that he can use the power of his office – and close personal relationships with Putin and Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu – to bring the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to an end. New Feature

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