An impossible situation': Readers clash over King's US state visit

"Many readers agreed that the trip should be cancelled, calling it an embarrassment that risks rewarding hostility and could put the King in an impossible situation if he is confronted with further insults."

"Some said proceeding makes the UK look like it is crawling to a president who has undermined the so-called special relationship."

"Others defended the visit, stressing the UK's relationship is with the United States as a whole, not with any one leader."

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