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Huge cheers as King Charles hails importance of 'checks and balances' on executive power

US lawmakers stood and erupted in applause when King Charles emphasized that the U.S. is built on the idea of checks and balances.

“Our Declaration of Rights of 1689 was not only the foundation of our constitutional Monarchy, but also provided the source of so many of the principles reiterated – often verbatim – in the American Bill of Rights of 1791,” the King said.

“And those roots go even further back in our history: the U.S.…