King Charles invites Trump for unprecedented UK visit

28/2/2025 6:22

Donald Trump accepted an invitation from King Charles on

Thursday to visit Britain, making the U.S. President the first

elected political leader in modern times to be hosted for two

state visits by a British monarch.



British Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed Trump a

letter from Charles during a press conference with reporters at

the White House. Trump immediately accepted the invitation.



The late Queen Elizabeth welcomed Trump for a three-day

state visit in June 2019 during his first term in office, during

which he had attended an opulent state banquet and a private

lunch with the sovereign, as well as having tea with Charles,

who was then heir.



That visit already put Trump in a select group of U.S.

presidents, as only Barack Obama and George W. Bush were

afforded official state visits to Britain during Elizabeth's

record 70 years on the throne.



It would also turn out to be the last of the more than

110 she hosted during her reign before her death in September

2022.



The visit was not the only occasion when Trump met

Elizabeth. He was also invited to tea at Windsor Castle during a

trip to Britain in 2018, when he was widely seen to have broken

royal protocol by failing to bow to the queen and then walking

in front of her as they inspected a military guard.



Both his visits to Britain also attracted large

protests, with his 2018 trip costing police more than 14 million

pounds as 10,000 officers were deployed from all over Britain.