WASHINGTON:&nbsp;Britain&#39;s King Charles III will receive a full ceremonial welcome from Donald Trump at the White House and deliver a rare address to Congress on Tuesday as he seeks to mend a transatlantic rift over the war in Iran. On the second day of a four-day state visit, Charles is expected to call for &quot;reconciliation and renewal&quot; in his speech, with the so-called special relationship between Washington and London under strain. Much of the day will be given over to pomp and ceremony, with King Charles and Queen Camilla receiving a traditional arrival ceremony that&#39;s expected to feature a 21-gun salute and an inspection of troops. The US leader and First Lady, Melania Trump, will then host the royals in the Oval Office behind closed doors. In the evening, they will return to the White House for a grand state dinner. The first day of the trip featured a more informal welcome, with the Trumps treating Charles and Camilla to tea and cakes in the White House before showing them beehives on the famed lawn. In a symbolic moment just two days after a shooting at a gala dinner attended by Trump, the US president showed off a painting of the assassination attempt he narrowly escaped in 2024. The royals then attended a garden party at the British embassy, with cucumber sandwiches and scones on the menu. But the second day will feature perhaps the most public-facing moment, when Charles becomes the first British monarch to address Congress since his mother, queen Elizabeth, in 1991. It comes at a hugely delicate moment, with Britain trying to repair ties after Trump raged over London&#39;s refusal to help with his war in Iran. &#39;Liberty and equality&#39;&nbsp;In the 20-minute speech, Charles is expected to appeal to Trump in guarded terms, saying that defending common democratic ideals is &quot;crucial for liberty and equality&quot; in a time of international challenges. The king will also stress the importance of the long-standing US-UK alliance, in a visit which marks the 250th anniversary of US independence from its British ancestors. &quot;Time and again, our two countries have always found ways to come together,&quot; he is expected to say. Charles, 77, will stress &quot;reconciliation and renewal&quot; over the past 250 years that has given rise to &quot;one of the greatest alliances in human history.&quot; Charles is also expected to give a shorter speech at the state dinner in the White House. It is expected to be held in the State Dining Room, whose small size prompted Trump to start construction on a massive and controversial $400 million ballroom. The UK government is hoping to capitalize on Trump&#39;s fascination with the royals. His mother hailed from Scotland, and Trump received a gala state visit to Britain last year. But it will have its work cut out to placate the mercurial Republican. Trump has repeatedly lambasted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his war opposition, alongside his government&#39;s immigration and energy policies. Starmer has publicly criticized the war, but defended the state visit. An early April YouGov poll found 48% of Britons supported cancelling it. The royals will visit New York on Wednesday, touring the 9/11 memorial, before departing Thursday for Bermuda.

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With such tensions simmering, Charles will address a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, when he will tell US lawmakers that the long history between the two countries is one of "reconciliation and renewal," according to a released excerpt from the king's speech.

King Charles to urge Trump to 'come together' with Britain

LONDON: Prince Harry is to return to London this week for the trial into his claims that a UK newspaper group unlawfully gathered information, in the royal&#39;s last case in his long-running crusade against the <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/daily-mail-publisher-asks-uk-court-to-limit-prince-harry-lawsuit" style="color:#0073e6;">media</a>. The trial, expected to last up to nine weeks, is scheduled to start at London&#39;s High Court on Monday. It is the third and final case brought by the prince, who is said to see holding the media to account as a personal mission. Harry has long blamed the media for the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997 while trying to shake off the paparazzi. King Charles III&#39;s younger son is bringing the case along with six other high-profile complainants, including pop icon Elton John and John&#39;s husband David Furnish. The seven accuse Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, of allegedly carrying out or commissioning unlawful activities such as hiring private investigators to place listening devices inside cars. They also allegedly impersonated individuals to obtain medical information &mdash; a practice known as blagging &mdash; and accessed private phone conversations. The media group has firmly denied the allegations, calling them &quot;lurid&quot; and &quot;preposterous.&quot; Rare UK trip&nbsp;Harry is expected to attend for some of the first three days of opening statements. He is then due to take the stand for a full day of testimony on Thursday, according to a draft trial schedule shared with reporters by lawyers. Actor Elizabeth Hurley is set to give evidence the following week, followed by John and Furnish in early February. Actor Sadie Frost is also among the complainants. In 2023, Harry made history by becoming the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for more than a century, when he testified as part of his claim against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). It will be a rare trip back to Britain for the prince, also known as the Duke of Sussex, who stepped back from royal duties in 2020 and relocated eventually to California with wife, Meghan, where they live with their two children. During his last UK visit in September, Harry met with the king, seeking to start to repair a bitter rift with his immediate family. But UK media have said there are no plans for Harry to see Charles during next week&#39;s visit. &#39;Blagging&#39; claim&nbsp;The new trial follows earlier cases brought against Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Group Newspapers (NGN) and Mirror Group. Last year, Prince Harry settled out of court in his action against Murdoch&#39;s UK tabloid publisher. NGN &mdash; publisher of tabloids The Sun and the now defunct News of the World &mdash; agreed to pay him &quot;substantial damages&quot; in January 2025 after admitting intruding into his private life, including by hacking his phone. In a statement, NGN offered a &quot;full and unequivocal apology&quot; to the prince for &quot;serious intrusion&quot; into the private lives of Harry and his mother, Princess Diana, by The Sun, and also &quot;phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators instructed by them at the News of the World.&quot; In his other case against Mirror Group, a High Court ruling in December 2023 said Harry had been a victim of phone hacking by journalists working for the group and awarded him &pound;140,600 ($179,600) in damages. Media lawyer Mark Stephens told AFP much had changed in the British media in recent years, but that this final case would primarily be about &quot;press freedom.&quot; &quot;Press freedom is essential, but so is freedom from being illegally spied on,&quot; he said. &quot;I think we&#39;re not going to be looking so much at yesterday&#39;s gossip. I think this case is going to be more about tomorrow&#39;s accountability for the media more generally,&quot; he added.

The trial, expected to last up to nine weeks, is scheduled to start at London's High Court today; it is the third and final case brought by the prince, who is said to see holding the media to account as a personal mission.


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