King Charles III has delivered a speech to the US Congress heavy on sentiment about the "special relationship" between the two nations. He did not explicitly mention the many ways that relationship was fraying.But he did push the case for global cooperation and talk up the NATO alliance, which the Trump administration has been increasingly critical of.Here are some of the takeaways.US President Donald Trump did not attend the king's speech due to protocol. But at an earlier welcome ceremony at the White House, he told the king he "would love to go" and would watch remotely."I was thinking of going but they said, 'I don't know The closest the king came was to say that both countries' "vibrant, diverse and free societies" gave them collective strength, "including to support victims of some of the ills that, so tragically, exist in both our societies today".The former prince Andrew has denied allegations of sexual assault in connection to Epstein.The White House ceremony before the speech featured all the pomp and pageantry one would expect, and Mr Trump largely stuck to the statesmanlike language in his prepared remarks about the nations' relationship.But he also spoke in personal terms about his, and his family's, adoration for the royals.He described King Charles as an "elegant man" whose accent would be the envy of those hearing his speech in Congress.And his mother, Queen Elizabeth, was a "very, very special woman who is very greatly missed on both sides of that mighty Atlantic".Mr Trump's own mother, who was Scottish, was a keen admirer of the late queen, Mr Trump said."Any time the queen was involved in a ceremony or anything, my mother would be glued to the television and she'd say, 'Look, Donald