Major update on King Charles's US state visit after monarch urged to meet Epstein victims

King Charles and Queen Camilla and will reportedly not be able to meet with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during next month's state visit to the US. The update comes after a top US politician urged the monarch to meet the victims when he arrives for his historic visit at the end of next month.

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, who co-sponsored a law that compelled the US Justice Department to release the Epstein files last year, wrote to His Majesty and asked him to privately meet victims to hear "how powerful individuals and institutions failed them".

In his letter to the King on Monday, Mr Khanna wrote: "I respectfully ask that you privately meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's and Ghislaine Maxwell's abuse, so they may speak to you directly about the way powerful individuals and institutions failed them."

The monarch's trip to the US, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of American Independence, has been shrouded in controversy following the Iran war, which the US and Israel are prosecuting. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken out about Sir Keir Starmer's weak response to the military operation in Iran.

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