Key Facts

• King Charles is scheduled to speak to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, focusing on peace and unity.
• Representative Ro Khanna said the British ambassador indicated the king will acknowledge Epstein survivors in his speech.
• This would be a change from the palace’s earlier stance that avoided engaging with Epstein victims to protect ongoing investigations.
• Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the king’s brother, was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct but has not been charged.
• Mountbatten-Windsor is accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre when she was 17, which he denies.
• The police are investigating claims that Mountbatten-Windsor and former British ambassador Peter Mandelson leaked confidential government documents to Epstein.
• King Charles previously stated support for the investigation, saying the law must take its course.
• Mandelson was also arrested on suspicion of misconduct but denies wrongdoing.