Donald Trump's U-turn on Britain's role in Afghanistan came after King Charles III's concerns were raised with the President.

U.S. President Donald Trump has provoked outrage and distress in the U.K. with his suggestion that troops from NATO countries stayed away from the frontline during the war in Afghanistan

Of course those of us who served alongside the Americans in Afghanistan are going to get defensive when hearing President Trump’s harsh accusations against our forces and those of our other Nato allies.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the president’s remarks “insulting and frankly appalling.”

President Trump has set off a firestorm in the United Kingdom and among NATO allies whose troops fought and died in Afghanistan by claiming NATO forces “stayed a little back” from the front lines. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leaders across the political spectrum,

An estimated 3,500 soldiers from NATO countries died in Afghanistan. The United States suffered the most losses in absolute terms: Nearly 2,500 U.S. service members were killed in the 20-year war. But per capita, Denmark suffered even more severe losses, burying 43 soldiers in a population, at the time, of about 5.5 million.

King Charles III has been widely credited with playing a key role in prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to reverse controversial remarks about British troops, an intervention that royal commentators say demonstrates the monarch’s willingness to act decisively to defend British values and historical truths on the world stage.