"If it was to go ahead next month the dates haven't been confirmed, but everybody seems to think it's going to be next month it would go ahead against a backdrop of a war and that, I think, is quite difficult. The last thing that we want to do is to have Their Majesties embarrassed."
Prime Minister Keir Starmer chairs cabinet while managing multiple foreign policy crises. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will update Parliament on UK response to the US-Israeli military action against Iran. Starmer meets Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, with European leaders concerned that Russia benefits from the Iran conflict while remaining committed to Ukraine support. Trump has criticized Starmer for indecision and over-reliance on advisers. Labour figures, including Commons Foreign Affairs Committee chair Emily Thornberry, now support postponing the King's planned state visit to the US in late April as diplomatic retaliation, moving the idea from fringe Liberal Democrat policy into mainstream Labour consideration.
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