Overview

• Catherine, Princess of Wales, and First Lady Melania Trump hosted a joint Scouts engagement at Frogmore Gardens, handing out Go Wild badges and joining children for nature activities and a picnic.
• A UK–US technology initiative featured corporate pledges worth about £31 billion for Britain across AI, quantum computing and civil nuclear projects from Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and OpenAI.
• Police arrested four people after images of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle, as London prepared for large demonstrations with 1,600 officers deployed.
• A state banquet at Windsor showcased royal pageantry, with Trump praising the King and the Prince and Princess of Wales and calling the visit one of the highest honors of his life.
• Attention now turns to Chequers, where Starmer seeks progress on tariffs and wider geopolitical issues including Ukraine and Israel in bilateral talks.