Amid fraught U.S.-U.K. relations, what impact can King Charles’s state visit have?

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Despite the "soft power" royalty routinely deploys, and U.S. President Donald Trump's well-known adulation of monarchy, questions remain over what impact King Charles’s upcoming American visit can have, given the current strain in the "special relationship" between the U.S. and U.K.