King Charles Is Hosting A Day of Pomp And Ceremony At Windsor Castle

UNITED KINGDOM – U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off his historic second state visit to Britain on Wednesday amid unprecedented pomp, intense security, technology investments and protests as King Charles and other royals welcomed their nation’s closest ally.

Trump has made little secret of his delight at being not just the first U.S. leader, but the first elected politician to be invited for two state visits.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hoping to use that sentiment to Britain’s advantage as his government seeks to use the trip to cement the two nations’ “special relationship”, deepen economic ties, secure billions of dollars of investment, discuss tariffs and press Trump on Ukraine and Israel.

Starmer also wants further progress on trade, after Britain secured the first deal with Trump to lower some tariffs.