Trump to make unprecedented second state visit to the U.K. in September

Donald Trump will make an unprecendented second state visit to the U.K. in September where he will be hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

President Donald Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom in September along with first lady Melania Trump, where he will be hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Buckingham Palace said in a statement Sunday.

No American president has ever been invited for a second state visit. But Trump, a big supporter of the royal family, was hosted by Charles' late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 2019.

On this occasion, however, he will not stay at Buckingham Palace, which is currently undergoing renovations. Instead, he will travel to Windsor Castle, which sits around 30 miles to the west of London.

Trump who shocked reporters and palace pundits in 2018 when he breached royal protocol by walking ahead of the queen, at times blocking her view and giving her his back, said it was a “great, great honor” when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hand-delivered the invitation during a visit to the White House in February.

“That’s really something,” he added.