Overview
- A YouGov poll shows 46% of UK adults want the state visit cancelled, 36% want it to proceed, and 18% are undecided.
- Reports have long pointed to an April trip tied to the United States’ 250th anniversary, but Buckingham Palace has issued no confirmation.
- Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and several Labour backbenchers have urged cancellation, citing the Iran crisis and recent U.S.-Israeli strikes.
- GB News says it has heard "whispers" the visit could be postponed or scrapped because "nothing has been organised," noting the lack of an official palace statement.
- GB News also reports President Trump is keen for the visit to go ahead, following his September 2025 state visit to the UK hosted by the King.