Donald Trump to be hosted by King Charles at Windsor Castle on anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's funeral
The US President and First Lady Melania Trump have accepted an invitation for a State Visit from September 17 to 19, it has been announced.
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They will, like French leader Emmanuel Macron last week, stay at Windsor Castle with Charles and Camilla because Buckingham Palace is having a £369million revamp.
This is Trump's second State Visit to the UK — he was also welcomed to Buckingham Palace by the late Queen in 2019.
The President is expected to pay his respects at her final resting place, St George's Chapel, on September 19.
In the White House Oval Office in February Sir Keir Starmer handed Trump a signed invite from the King for an 'historic' second State Visit.
Trump was expected to meet the King privately in Scotland at either Balmoral or Dumfries House this summer.
But the plan was shelved and the State Visit brought forward.
and delivered an address Canadians must remain 'strong and free' but face a 'critical moment'.
It came amid and threatens crippling trade tariffs.
A full programme is yet to be announced but expected to be a State Banquet at Windsor Castle and meeting the PM at 10 Downing Street.
Although the President is set to be denied the chance to address Parliament during his State Visit because the House of Commons is not sitting.
King Charles is Canada's secret weapon against Trump - his visit will be complex & fraught
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