I am a Canadian and a monarchist. I rarely disagree with the King, however, this time I am repulsed, he would extend this invitation to the President of the United States who wants Canada, a commonwealth nation to join his republic! He's levied high tariffs on our country that has done damage to a number of Canadian manufacturing industries. He wants to economically bankrupt us so he can annex us! We are boycotting his exports, planning vacations elsewhere and you extend an invite and roll out the red carpet! Sorry, Charles, not impressed!
STATE VISIT BY THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Wednesday 17th September – Thursday 18th September 2025
The President of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs. Melania Trump, will pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom as the guests of Their Majesties The King and Queen, from Wednesday 17th September to Thursday 18th September 2025. The President and First Lady will stay at Windsor Castle.
TUESDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2025
The President of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump and First Lady, Mrs. Melania Trump, will arrive in the United Kingdom on the evening of Tuesday 16th September.
The President and First Lady will be greeted by the Ambassador of the United States of America and the Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, will welcome them on behalf of the King.
WEDNESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2025
The President and First Lady will arrive in the grounds of Windsor Castle on the morning of Wednesday 17th September. Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales will greet the President and First Lady and accompany them to meet Their Majesties.
Their Majesties The King and Queen will formally welcome the President and First Lady outside, as a Royal Salute is fired from the East Lawn of Windsor Castle and at the Tower of London.
Thereafter, the President and First Lady will join the King and Queen, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, in a carriage procession through the Windsor estate, towards the castle.
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment will provide a Sovereign’s Escort for the carriage procession. The route will be lined by members of the Armed Forces, with three military bands from the Royal Marines, the Army and the RAF.
As the carriage procession moves off, the US and British National Anthems will be played.
On arrival at the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle, a guard of honour, with the state colours of the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards and Scots Guards will greet the party. This is the first time at such an occasion that three state colours will feature (conventionally only one colour would be on parade). The guard of honour will be joined by a Foot Guards Massed Band and the Pipes and Drums will give a Royal Salute; the band will play the US and British National Anthems.
The President and First Lady will join the King and Queen on the Royal Dais before the President, accompanied by the King, is invited to inspect the guard of honour. This will be followed by a rank and march past of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, the Household Cavalry and the Foot Guards guard of honour. Afterwards, at the conclusion of the military rank and march past, the King and Queen will lead the President and First Lady into the castle.
Following lunch in the State Dining Room with members of the Royal Family, Their Majesties will invite the President and First Lady to view a special display of items from the Royal Collection relating to the United States of America in the Green Drawing Room.
In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Trump will visit St George’s Chapel to privately lay a wreath on the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II. Afterwards, the President and First Lady will be given a short tour of the chapel and will hear a musical performance from the chapel choir.
Later, the President and First Lady will join the King and Queen, the Prime Minister and Lady Starmer and US and British military families to view a Beating Retreat ceremony on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle. The ceremony will conclude with a flypast by UK and US F-35 military jets and the Red Arrows (subject to conditions).
In the evening, the King, accompanied by the Queen and members of the Royal Family, will give a State Banquet at Windsor Castle for the President and First Lady of the United States of America. The King and the President will both deliver speeches at the beginning of the banquet.
THURSDAY, 18TH SEPTEMBER 2025
On Thursday morning, the President and First Lady will formally bid farewell to the King and Queen at Windsor Castle.
The President will travel to Chequers, where he will be met by the Prime Minister and Lady Starmer, and greeted with a guard of honour from RAF Halton and bagpipers.
The President and the Prime Minister will view the Sir Winston Churchill archives held at Chequers before having a bilateral meeting. The Prime Minister and the President will then join a business reception, hosted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the Prime Minister and the President will deliver remarks.
The President and the Prime Minister will hold a press conference at Chequers.
After the President’s departure from Windsor Castle, the Queen and First Lady will tour Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House and the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
Afterwards, the First Lady will join the Princess of Wales at Frogmore Gardens to meet the Chief Scout, Dwayne Fields, and members of the Scouts’ Squirrels programme as they learn about nature to achieve their ‘Go Wild’ badge. Her Royal Highness has been Joint President of the Scout Association since 2020.
The First Lady will then travel to Chequers to join the President for the remainder of the day’s programme.
The President and the First Lady will bid farewell to the Prime Minister and Lady Starmer at Chequers.
At the conclusion of the visit, the Lord Chamberlain will bid farewell to the President and First Lady on behalf of the King before they depart the UK.
