The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
President to have lunch with Queen on state visit
Royal honour for Trump on UK trip
The Queen will host US President Donald Trump for lunch at Buckingham Palace during his state visit to the UK next month.
The American head of state and his wife Melania will have a private lunch with the Queen when he arrives in Britain on Monday June 3.
The president will also have tea with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Clarence House, and visit Downing Street for talks with Prime Minister Theresa May during the stay.
Mr Trump’s first trip to the UK as president sparked controversy last year and critics have said he should not have been given the honour of an official state visit.
The Queen, Charles, and the Duchess of Cornwall will officially welcome Mr Trump and his wife to Buckingham Palace on the first day of his visit.
Accompanied by Charles, the US president will inspect a guard of honour at Buckingham Palace and royal gun salutes will be fired in Green Park and at the Tower of London.
After lunch, the Queen will invite the Trumps to view a special exhibition in the picture gallery at Buckingham Palace which will showcase items of historical significance to the United States from the royal collection.
Afterwards, the couple, accompanied by the Duke of York, will visit Westminster Abbey, where Mr Trump will lay a wreath at the grave of the unknown warrior.
The president and first lady will then have a short tour of Westminster Abbey.
This will be followed by tea at Clarence House with Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. That evening the Queen will give a state banquet at Buckingham Palace for the president at which both heads of state will make speeches.
On Tuesday June 4, Mrs May and the US president will co-host a business breakfast meeting, attended by the Duke of York, at St James’s Palace.
Mr Trump will then visit Downing Street for talks with the prime minister. They will then hold a joint press conference in Downing Street.
That evening the Trumps will host a return dinner at Winfield House, the residence of the US ambassador, which Charles and Camilla will attend on behalf of the Queen.
On Wednesday June 5, the Queen and Charles will attend the national commemorative event for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Southsea Common, Portsmouth.
The Queen will then formally bid farewell to the Trumps in Portsmouth.