Fatima Al-Kassab

after the fighting has stopped.

The statement from the palace says the king's visit will celebrate the historic connections and the modern bilateral relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.

In a post on social media, President Trump says the visit will include a beautiful banquet dinner at the White House.

King Charles will also address Congress.

Opposition lawmakers in the UK have called for the trip to be cancelled as Trump continues to criticise the UK over the Iran war.

There's also the difficult topic of the King's disgraced brother, Andrew, who was arrested over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019.

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna has asked King Charles to meet with Epstein's survivors during his trip.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

Photos of the former prince leaving a police station in the back of a car are plastered all over the British newspapers.

Andrew spent 11 hours in police custody after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, which carries up to life in prison.

Police say Andrew is still under investigation and is yet to be charged or exonerated.

Meanwhile, British police are continuing to search royal residences, rifling through correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein to determine whether the former prince, who remains eighth in line to the throne, abused his role as a UK trade envoy by passing confidential information to the late sex offender.

Andrew has always denied wrongdoing.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

After being heckled again about his brother Andrew's friendship with the convicted sex offender, King Charles has now released a statement saying that the king has made clear, quote, in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concerns over allegations that continue to come to light about his brother.

The statement says that if approached by British police as part of their investigation into the disgraced former prince, Buckingham Palace stands ready to support them.

It adds that the King and Queen's thoughts and sympathies have been and remain with victims of all forms of abuse.

Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

Trump's comments suggesting NATO troops avoided the front line in the war in Afghanistan have been condemned by politicians across the spectrum in the UK.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on Trump to apologise.