Fatima Al-Kassab
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In London's Trafalgar Square, fans dressed as bumblebees and lions gathered to wish Sir David a happy birthday.
Commuter Andreana Naidoo stopped to pay tribute
to the man considered a national treasure in Britain.
His voice, I think British people connect his voice with nature and good things.
He first appeared on British TV back in the 1950s.
Over the decades, his documentaries, which have seen him cuddle gorillas, get up close to blue whales and explore the mating rituals of fireflies, have given hundreds of millions of viewers a closer look at the wonders of the natural world.
Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.
President Trump has sharply criticised the UK and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in recent months over Starmer's decision not to join the US and Israel's war in Iran.
Many hope the visit from King Charles, whom the president still admires, will help mend the transatlantic relationship.
But royal biographer Catherine Mayer says the British government's decision to send the king at this turbulent time puts the royal couple in an awkward position.
a kind of series of tightropes that they're forcing Charles and Camilla to walk by doing this.
Another delicate matter, she says, is the subject of the King's disgraced brother, Andrew, who had close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London.
President Trump has sharply criticised the UK and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in recent months over Starmer's decision not to join the US and Israel's war in Iran.
Many hope the visit from King Charles, whom the president still admires, will help mend the transatlantic relationship.
But royal biographer Catherine Mayer says the British government's decision to send the king at this turbulent time puts the royal couple in an awkward position.
Another delicate matter, she says, is the subject of the King's disgraced brother, Andrew, who had close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London.
London's Metropolitan Police say a 16-year-old boy and two men aged 19 and 21 have been charged with arson with intent to endanger life.
Police officers were told on Wednesday that an ignited container was thrown at the offices of Volant Media, the parent company of the news channel Iran International, which has since put out a statement saying it won't be silenced by the attack.