More Than 120 Foreign Leaders Have Addressed Congress. Not Many Have Been Kings.
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTMore Than 120 Foreign Leaders Have Addressed Congress. When the queen, who measured 5 feet 4 inches, had stood up to begin an address at the White House earlier that week, her lectern was so tall that only a bobbing hat had been visible to those standing. “I do hope you can see me today,” she quipped before congressional lawmakers.Not everyone was laughing.
- ▪SKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTMore Than 120 Foreign Leaders Have Addressed Congress.
- ▪When the queen, who measured 5 feet 4 inches, had stood up to begin an address at the White House earlier that week, her lectern was so tall that only a bobbing hat had been visible to those standing.
- ▪“I do hope you can see me today,” she quipped before congressional lawmakers.Not everyone was laughing.
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTMore Than 120 Foreign Leaders Have Addressed Congress. Not Many Have Been Kings.King Charles III became the 11th monarch to do so, and the first since King Abdullah II of Jordan in 2007.Listen · 2:55 min Share full articleQueen Elizabeth II addressed Congress in 1991.Credit...Doug Mills/Associated PressBy Leo SandsApril 28, 2026 !function(){var e="gps_module_impressions",s="gps_suppress_module",t=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),o="1"===t.get("gps_debug")?function(e,s){console.log("[gps]",e,void 0!==s?s:"")}:function(){};if(o("version",16),(document.documentElement.lang||"").toLowerCase().startsWith("es")&&(document.body.classList.add("gps-lang-es"),o("language:…
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