India, Sept. 18 -- In a jovial mode at the banquet dinner he hosted for US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, King Charles made a rare reference to an old news story to joke about his 'almost' marriage to a Nixon.

While making his speech at the dinner, the King referred to an old news story from the 1970s about his trip to the White House under the presidency of Richard Nixon. Several reports had suggested that the then-young bachelor Prince Charles was going to be in a romantic relationship with Nixon's daughter.

"Throughout my life, from my very first visit to the United States in 1970 and over 20 visits since that time, I have cherished the close ties between the British and American people," the King was quoted as ...