THE FUSE

It sounds like the set-up for a cheeky pub quiz, but recent genealogical findings have shown that Donald Trump is in fact the 15th cousin of King Charles. The discovery was reported just as King Charles and Queen Camilla set off on a four-day state visit in the United States. The context couldn’t be more charged: as diplomatic relations face stress over tensions between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer over the war in Iran, an unexpected bit of family trivia might prove more than just a fun fact.