Overview

• A lavish first day at Windsor featured a carriage procession kept inside the estate, an expanded guard of honour, a joint UK–US flypast and a state banquet with roughly 150–160 guests.
• Thousands protested in central London under a heavy police operation of more than 1,600 officers, with authorities limiting public contact by staging events within Windsor grounds.
• At the Windsor banquet, Donald Trump praised King Charles III and called the visit one of the greatest honors of his life.
• Day two turns to policy and business at Chequers with talks on tariffs and trade, a reception with major companies and reported US investment commitments around £150 billion linked to the visit, including deals involving Microsoft, Google and Blackstone, alongside a new tech partnership spanning AI, quantum and nuclear.
• Political scrutiny follows the trip as questions tied to Jeffrey Epstein resurface in the UK, including the dismissal of ambassador Peter Mandelson, while Starmer faces pressure over stalled hopes for relief from US steel duties.