Lauren Boebert’s Bizarre Reason for Snubbing King Charles During US Visit Revealed
As President Trump prepares for a royal state dinner, Lauren Boebert remains noncommittal about King Charles’s historic address to Congress.
Ahead of King Charles’ US state visit, Rep. Lauren Boebert is making it clear she has no intention of extending any hospitality, offering a justification that is as controversial as it is historically inaccurate. With the British monarch set to arrive for a four-day trip later this month to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence, the Colorado congresswoman informed the reporters that she intends to bypass the royal schedule entirely. At the heart of her refusal is a staunch, 18th-century brand of patriotism, citing the Revolutionary War as her main motive for snubbing the King.
It all started with a journalist’s slip of tongue, asking Boebert if she thought it was appropriate for 'King George' to meet with Congress members. Instead of correcting the name to ‘King Charles,’ the Congresswoman chose to embrace the mistake, using the moment to make a political point. “I wouldn’t meet with him,” she bluntly told the reporter. Pressed for more detail on her boycott, she opted for a one-word rebuttal, stating “1776.” Doubling down on her stance of American isolationism regarding the monarchy, the lawmaker added, “I have nothing to do with King George or the royal family. I am an American first.”
Despite Charles’s upcoming address to Congress—becoming only the second British sovereign to do so after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II—Boebert's rhetoric seemed to confuse the King with his ancestor, King George III, from whom America won its independence. Turning the verbal slip into a social media punchline, she used X to pivot the joke to a more contemporary ‘George’ who was recently ousted from the Capitol. “The only King George I recognize already got expelled from this place,” she wrote, allegedly referencing the expulsion of the former New York representative, George Santos.
Although King Charles and President Donald Trump are set to showcase their friendship at a White House state dinner, the Colorado congresswoman remains noncommittal about showing up to the monarch’s address to Congress. Regarding her attendance, she first remarked, “Probably not,” later backpedaling to a vague, “I mean maybe I’ll show up, I don’t know.”
While a reporter’s slip-up might fly under the radar, things take a different turn when the President does. Donald Trump also made a similar blunder on March 31 during an Oval Office address. After discussing the ongoing construction of the White House ballroom project and confirming the monarch’s upcoming trip, he repeatedly referred to Charles as ‘Prince’ rather than 'King,' that too on live television. Posted on The White House Channel, Trump was discussing weather-related delays at the construction site before noting that the rainwater would not suit the ‘Prince.’
He said, “When it rains, you're in trouble; the water can go up to three to four inches over their shoes. It's not a good feeling for Prince... what, who was Prince Charles, who will be here in the next couple of weeks.” Although he immediately realised his mistake and corrected the title to ‘King Charles,’ praising the sovereign as a ‘great guy.’ “We don't want him to sit in a pool of water,” Trump said.
