Donald Trump accepted an invitation from King Charles yesterday to visit Britain, making the US 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.