Key points
- Trump will become the first political leader to receive a second state visit to Britain
- Trump accepts invitation to visit UK
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has also visited White House
ISLAMABAD: King Charles III has extended an invitation to US President Donald Trump for an unprecedented second state visit to Britain, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said while visiting the White House on Thursday.
“It’s my privilege to welcome the Prime Minister of a very special place—the United Kingdom—to the White House. The U.S. and U.K. share a special relationship, one like no other, passed down through the centuries.” –President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸🇬🇧 @Keir_Starmer pic.twitter.com/Y91Lb6FGIH
— President Donald J. Trump (@POTUS) February 28, 2025
AFP reported that Donald Trump will become the first political leader to receive a second state visit to Britain, after he visited in 2019 during his first term as president.
BBC reported that Keir said the president’s last state visit in 2019 had been a “tremendous success” and that the invite for a second visit was “truly historic” and “unprecedented”.
A vocal fan
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office after reading the letter, Trump said he accepted the invite and that it would be an “honour” to visit the “fantastic” country, according to BBC.
Trump added that King Charles was a “beautiful man, a wonderful man”.
The US president has long been a vocal fan of the British royal family.
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He also has a close affinity to the UK due to the fact his mother was born in Scotland.
“His majesty the king wants to make this even better,” said Starmer, who was at the White House to push Trump to give US security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a deal to end the war with Russia, AFP reported.
Reading the letter, Trump pointed out that he had been invited to Windsor Castle, near London, one of the royal family’s ancient homes.
But the letter from Charles also suggested Trump might want to visit Balmoral in northeast Scotland, which is close to a golf resort Trump has there.
Starmer said the offer of a second state visit “symbolizes the strength of the relationship between us”.
