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09/17/2025September 17, 2025
Watch live: Trump makes second state visit to UK
You can watch DW’s live coverage of Trump’s state visit to the UK here:
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Skip next section What’s on the agenda for Trump in the UK?
09/17/2025September 17, 2025
What’s on the agenda for Trump in the UK?
President Donald Trump for a two-day state visit that blends elaborate ceremony with meetings at the highest level.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to greet Trump and the first lady at Windsor Castle on Wednesday with simultaneous gun salutes at Windsor and the Tower of London. The UK Ministry of Defence says the largest guard of honour ever for a state visit — about 1,300 military personnel and 120 horses — will present arms.
Trump will ride with the king in a carriage procession escorted by the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment. UK and US musicians will stage a special Beating Retreat military ceremony, capped by a joint flypast featuring UK and US F-35 fighter jets and the Red Arrows. The RAF is adding 12 new F-35A aircraft, the jet flown by the US Air Force in the display.
The evening state banquet will feature music by the Duchess of Edinburgh’s String Orchestra, the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry, and pipers from the Scots Guards.
On Thursday, Trump travels to ‘s country residence, Chequers, where aviators from RAF Halton will line the route. He will watch an air display by the British Army’s Red Devils Parachute Display Team and hear two RAF pipers perform.
Trump, who calls King Charles “a friend,” says it is a “great honour” to be the first US president to receive two state visits and to be hosted at what he calls “the ultimate” Windsor Castle. Major protests are expected, and the visit includes no public-facing events.
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Skip next section Trump-Epstein images projected onto Windsor Castle
09/17/2025September 17, 2025
Trump-Epstein images projected onto Windsor Castle
Police say four people were arrested after activists projected photos of President Donald Trump with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle the night before Trump’s second state visit to the United Kingdom.
Thames Valley Police say they were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications after the unauthorized projection on a castle tower. Chief Superintendent Felicity Parker said police “take any unauthorised activity around Windsor Castle extremely seriously” and are conducting a thorough investigation with partner agencies.
Videos on social media showed a slideshow of Trump with Epstein. The political campaign group Led by Donkeys posted an image of the stunt on Instagram with the caption, “Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle.”
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Skip next section London mayor says Trump fuels global division
09/17/2025September 17, 2025
London mayor says Trump fuels global division
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has accused President Donald Trump of helping “fan the flames of divisive, far-right politics around the world” as the US leader begins a state visit.
Writing in the Guardian newspaper ahead of planned protests against the visit, Khan said Trump’s mass deportations and the use of troops in US cities are moves “straight out of the autocrat’s playbook.”
He added, “I’m sure many Londoners will speak up to tell President Trump and his followers that we cannot be divided by those who seek to sow fear.”
Khan, , has repeatedly clashed with Trump, who last July said Khan had “done a terrible job” and is a “nasty person.”
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Skip next section Welcome to our coverage09/17/2025September 17, 2025
Welcome to our coverage
You join us as US President Donald Trump is set to receive the royal treatment in an unprecedented second UK state visit this week.
On the agenda are royal carriage rides, a Windsor Castle banquet and a private tribute at Queen Elizabeth II’s grave.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host Trump at Chequers to talk trade, tech deals worth at least $10 billion and Ukraine, while protesters plan large demonstrations outside London.
The visit aims to keep relations warm as Trump pushes steep tariffs on China and raises free-speech concerns in Britain.
Stay tuned for more throughout the day!
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