King Charles pays emotional tribute to ‘committed public servant’ President Jimmy Carter
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King Charles has issued a heartfelt message of condolence to President Joe Biden and the American people following the death of the country’s longest living president Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100 on Sunday. The message reads: “It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of former President Carter. He was a committed public servant, and devoted his life to promoting peace and human rights. His dedication and humility served as an inspiration to many, and I remember with great fondness his visit to the United Kingdom in 1977.”.
“My Thoughts and prayers are with President Carter’s family and the American people at this time.” The message was then signed off as “Charles R” indicating it had come from the monarch himself. The former president passed away on Sunday, his son confirmed, just weeks after fulfilling his dying wish, which was to vote for Kamala Harris in the last US election.
The Democrat former peanut farmer, who served one term in the White House and dedicated the rest of his life to charity, decided against more medical treatment in February after a string of hospital stays, to treat his growing list of ailments. The Nobel Peace Prize winner lived out his final months in Plains, Georgia.
Throughout his life, President Carter was beloved by many of the people he met, including then-Prince Charles who fondly recalled meeting the world leader back in 1977 - however the same couldn’t be said for his grandmother, The Queen Mother. In a now infamous piece of royal history, President Carter kissed the Queen Mother on the lips by way of greeting her when he attended Buckingham Palace ahead of a NATO visit in 1977. Yet while the display of Southern hospitality may have seemed normal to him, it was a huge breech of protocol that deeply shocked the The Queen Mother.
