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Trump and King Charles Could Be Very Distant Cousins

Mr. Trump expressed delight on social media on Tuesday after a British newspaper report said he was a 15th cousin of the British monarch.

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President Trump, left, is hosting King Charles III in Washington this week. It emerged on Tuesday that the two men might be distantly related through a 16th-century Scottish nobleman.
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King Charles, Queen Camilla and the Trumps Trade Gifts

King Charles III gave President Trump a framed, high-quality reproduction of the 1879 design plans for the Resolute Desk, which is still in the Oval Office.

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Epstein Scandal Looms Over King Charles’s U.S. Visit

The king is not planning to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein during his state visit because of “ongoing police inquiries” in Britain. The king’s brother was close to Mr. Epstein, a convicted sex offender.

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A vigil for Virginia Giuffre, a woman who said that Mr. Epstein had trafficked her to Britain and forced her to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the king’s brother, in 2001, in Washington on Saturday.
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British Embassy Hosts Royal Couple, and a Few Hundred More, at Garden Party

King Charles III and Queen Camilla gathered with Washington’s famous and not so famous for an off-the-record evening.

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King Charles III and the British ambassador to the United States, Christian Turner, pointing, attended a garden party at the British Embassy in Washington on Monday.
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King Charles Visits Trump’s Washington After Chaos From Press Dinner Shooting

Presidents use state visits to show off all that is appealing about American culture. But the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner has cast a shadow over the visit.

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President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, welcoming King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House on Monday.
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Shooting Prompts Discussions About King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s U.S. Visit

Buckingham Palace said the royal visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla that was set to begin on Monday would proceed as planned.

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla are expected to begin a state visit this week, including stops in Washington, D.C., and New York.
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King Charles Will Not Meet Epstein Victims During U.S. State Visit

Representative Ro Khanna had asked Buckingham Palace for a private meeting between the victims and King Charles during his planned visit to the U.S. next week.

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Lawyers representing King Charles said he will not meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse when the monarch visits the U.S. next week.
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What to Know About How Redistricting Is Different in the U.S.

In the battle for Congress, redistricting has become all the rage in America. Here’s how other nations handle this issue differently.

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A voter casts her ballot as others mark them at a pre-polling center in Sydney last year ahead of Australia’s federal election.
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U.S. Indicts Captain of an Oil Tanker the Coast Guard Chased for Weeks

The charges include falsely flying a Guyanese flag and failing to obey a Coast Guard order to halt the ship for boarding by U.S. forces.

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The Marinera, an oil tanker previously known as the Bella 1, off the coast of Scotland on Jan. 14, after being seized by the U.S. Coast Guard following a weekslong chase around the Atlantic.
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U.S. Hands Over Some NATO Commands to European Allies

The move shows that European countries are taking more responsibility for conventional war planning, a change that President Trump has long pushed for.

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President Trump meets with the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, at the World Economic Forum in January.
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Nigella Lawson Joins ‘The Great British Baking Show’ as a Judge

Ms. Lawson, 66, replaces Prue Leith, who announced her departure this month.

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Nigella Lawson in 2018. Her 1998 cookbook “How to Eat” helped make her a star in the culinary world.
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Trump Calls U.K. Deal on Indian Ocean Islands ‘Great Stupidity,’ in Blow to Starmer

President Trump’s criticism reversed his administration’s previous support for the deal, in which Britain relinquished control of the Chagos Islands, site of a joint U.S.-British base.

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Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, is the site of a major military base used by Britain and the United States.
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Trump Announces New Tariffs on Some European Countries in Greenland Standoff

The president escalated his drive to take charge of the Danish territory, targeting Denmark and seven other European countries with a 10 percent rate.

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President Trump said the new tariff would increase to 25 percent on June 1 if his demands were not met.
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Are You Fat Enough to Play in This Soccer League?

Man v Fat, a soccer league founded in Britain a decade ago, is expanding in the United States, bringing with it a self-deprecating approach to shedding pounds.

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It’s all fun, games and fat-burning as Fat Man United competes against Totten-Ham and Cheese in suburban Dallas.
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New Epstein Papers Appear to Show Former Prince Andrew Seeking ‘Girls’

In emails sent to Ghislaine Maxwell, a man at the British royal family’s summer residence in Scotland asks Ms. Maxwell for “new inappropriate friends,” then inquires about “girls” ahead of a trip to Peru.

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Balmoral Castle, the favored summer residence of the British royal family, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 2023.
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The Timing of Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against the BBC Is Significant

The lawsuit landed just hours before a once-a-decade review of the broadcaster’s royal charter, which governs its mission, purpose and funding.

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The BBC has been the target of President Trump and his conservative allies in Britain, for what they consider to be its liberal bias.
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Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Over BBC Documentary

The British broadcaster, which has expressed regret over the editing of video clips about the president, has rejected claims that the error was evidence of a fundamental bias in its news reporting.

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The BBC’s board chairman apologized in a letter to a British parliamentary committee, saying the documentary’s editing had been an “error of judgment.”
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