Overview

• Day one featured a full ceremonial welcome at Windsor, including a carriage procession, a Guard inspection and a Beating Retreat, followed by a wreath‑laying at Queen Elizabeth II’s tomb in St George’s Chapel.
• A white‑tie state banquet in St George’s Hall seated about 160 guests, with speeches from King Charles III and President Trump stressing the strength of the US‑UK relationship.
• President Trump was seated between the King and the Princess of Wales and praised the royal family in his remarks, calling Princess Catherine “so radiant and so healthy and so beautiful.”
• The Metropolitan Police estimated about 5,000 people attended a protest rally in Parliament Square during the visit.
• Thames Valley Police said officers spoke with the driver of an ad van displaying a Trump‑Epstein image near Windsor, making no arrests and seizing no vehicles, while a planned joint UK‑US F‑35 flypast was canceled due to weather as the Red Arrows performed.