LONDON — President Donald Trump will pay an official state visit to the United Kingdom in early June, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.
"The President of The United States of America, President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by Mrs Melania Trump, has accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a State Visit to the UK," the palace tweeted just after noon London time.
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The President of The United States of America, President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by Mrs Melania Trump, has accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a State Visit to the UK. pic.twitter.com/e3ANW9bUKa
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 23, 2019
The visit will take place from Monday 3rd June to Wednesday 5th June this year. President Trump and Mrs Trump previously joined The Queen for tea at Windsor Castle in July 2018.
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 23, 2019
Find out more about State Visits here - https://t.co/GhgXtLI2jt
The Queen has hosted two previous State Visits from Presidents of the United States of America. President George W. Bush and Mrs Bush made a State Visit in November 2003. pic.twitter.com/R6FlKjnWMW
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 23, 2019
President Barack Obama and Mrs Obama made a State Visit to the UK in May 2011. pic.twitter.com/gf5VxbrZnL
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 23, 2019
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have made four State Visits to the USA.
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 23, 2019
In October 1957 to visit President Eisenhower, in July 1976 for the US Bicentennial - President Ford, in May 1991 - President Bush and in May 2007 - President George W Bush. pic.twitter.com/VOm9p8ULQT
The trip, scheduled for June 3-5, will mark Trump's first state visit to the country. Although Trump met with the queen last summer, that trip was considered a "working visit," CNN reported. In contrast, state visits usually feature "royal pomp including a banquet with the queen at Buckingham Palace," according to The Associated Press.
The announcement came as the queen's great-grandson, Prince Louis, celebrated his first birthday and just days after the queen celebrated her own 93rd birthday. The queen's grandson, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, also are expecting a baby soon.
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