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King Charles III writes to Trump after assassination attempt

Agence France-Presse · Jul 15, 2024, 8:21 PM

(FILES) US President Donald Trump (R) walks with Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (L) as he arrives for a welcome ceremony at Buckingham Palace in central London on June 3, 2019, on the first day of the US President and First Lady's three-day State Visit to the UK. — TOBY MELVILLE / POOL / AFP

Britain's head of state King Charles III has written to former US president Donald Trump after he survived an assassination attempt, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.

Charles' message was delivered on Sunday via the UK embassy in Washington, the palace said, adding that the contents would be kept private.

Trump -- set to be confirmed as the Republican Party's candidate in the November presidential election -- was hit in the ear by a gunman at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

He was left with a bloodied face, but avoided serious injury in the incident in which one bystander died and two others were critically injured.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Trump on Sunday, expressing his condolences for the other victim and their family, and wishing the former president and the injured a quick recovery.

Starmer said on X, formerly Twitter, that he was "appalled by the shocking scenes" at the rally.

"Political violence in any form has no place in our societies," the premier said.