Washington, April 29 -- President Donald Trump said that King Charles III "agrees" with his position that Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.

The remarks, however, sit awkwardly with the constitutional role of the British monarch, who is expected to remain politically neutral and does not publicly comment on government policy or international conflicts.

"We're doing a little Middle East work right now, as you might know, and we're doing very well. We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we're never going to let that opponent ever, Charles agrees with me even more than I do, we're never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon," Trump said on Tuesday while speaking on Middle East policy.

However...