King Charles to host Trump at Windsor Castle: First US prez to get second invite; Sept state visit confirmed

US President Donald Trump volition marque an unprecedented 2nd authorities sojourn to the United Kingdom from September 17 to 19, Buckingham Palace announced connected Monday. King Charles III and Queen Camilla volition big Trump and his woman Melania astatine Windsor Castle during the three-day visit, marking the archetypal clip a US president has been extended specified an invitation twice.According to the palace, the invitation was issued personally by King Charles via a missive hand-delivered by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a White House sojourn successful February. Reacting to the invitation astatine the time, Trump had called it a “great, large honor” and said staying astatine Windsor Castle was “really something.”Trump’s sojourn comes amid Starmer’s efforts to support cordial ties with the US leader, successful hopes of shielding the UK from the benignant of tariffs Washington has imposed connected different nations.

State visits successful Britain are traditionally utilized to grant adjacent allies and, successful immoderate cases, reset strained relationships.While Trump enjoyed the afloat royal attraction during his archetypal authorities sojourn successful 2019 nether Queen Elizabeth II, his upcoming sojourn is expected to travel a akin ceremonial format, with subject parades, a carriage procession, and a authorities banquet hosted by the monarch.However, the sojourn is apt to spark nationalist protests akin to those seen during Trump’s erstwhile UK visit, erstwhile demonstrators flew a elephantine babe Trump blimp adjacent Parliament.

Trump’s planned accomplishment besides raises diplomatic sensitivities for King Charles, who serves arsenic caput of authorities for some the UK and Canada. Trump’s caller comments suggesting Canada could go the 51st US authorities person drawn criticism, and Charles, during a caller sojourn to Canada, reaffirmed the nation’s sovereignty.The Trumps volition enactment astatine Windsor Castle owed to ongoing renovations astatine Buckingham Palace, arsenic was the lawsuit during French President Emmanuel Macron’s authorities sojourn past week.