Overview

• King Charles hosted an unprecedented military welcome at Windsor, featuring a carriage procession on the castle grounds and an RAF flypast before a state banquet.
• Police reported four arrests after activists projected images of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein onto a Windsor Castle tower.
• Reporting indicated security protocols were adjusted, with the carriage route shortened and confined inside the castle grounds by a joint White House–Palace decision.
• At the banquet, Charles urged unity in supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression, setting a sharper political tone for the visit.
• On Thursday Trump meets Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers, where both sides say they plan to finalize a technology and civil‑nuclear investment pact, with Microsoft pledging about £31 billion in the UK.