King Charles to host Trump in September for state visit to Britain, palace says

By Andy Bruce

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles volition big U.S. President Donald Trump successful September for his unprecedented 2nd authorities sojourn to Britain, Buckingham Palace said connected Monday.

The sojourn volition instrumentality spot from September 17 to 19.

"His Majesty the King volition big the President and Mrs Trump astatine Windsor Castle," the palace said successful a statement, adding that further details would beryllium announced successful owed course.

Trump said past period helium had agreed to conscionable Charles aft British Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed him a handwritten missive from the monarch successful the Oval Office.

The U.S. president volition beryllium the archetypal elected governmental person successful modern times to beryllium hosted for 2 authorities visits by a British monarch.

The precocious Queen Elizabeth welcomed Trump to Buckingham Palace for a three-day authorities sojourn successful June 2019 during his archetypal word successful office, during which helium had a backstage luncheon with the sovereign and had beverage with Charles, who was past heir.

Starmer and Trump are besides owed to conscionable successful Scotland aboriginal this month, a root told Reuters past week, with details including the circumstantial day yet to beryllium finalised.

The 2 leaders person developed a lukewarm narration successful caller months, and past period signed a model commercialized woody connected the sidelines of a G7 gathering that formally lowered immoderate U.S. tariffs connected imports from Britain.

In May, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticised Britain's invitation to Trump for a authorities visit, saying it undermined his government's effort to task a agreed beforehand against the U.S. president's speech of annexing Canada.

Trump's past visits to Britain person attracted ample protests, with his 2018 travel costing constabulary much than 14 cardinal pounds ($18.88 million) arsenic 10,000 officers were deployed from each implicit Britain. Most Britons person an unfavourable presumption of the president, according to sentiment polls.

State visits are usually pomp-laden affairs featuring an open-top carriage travel done cardinal London and a banquet astatine Buckingham Palace.

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(Editing by Deepa Babington)