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Windsor Castle

The President of the United States of America and Mrs Trump arrived at Windsor Castle today on a State Visit to The King and Queen.

The Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed The President and Mrs Trump on behalf of His Majesty in the Walled Rose Garden and walked to Victoria House where The President and Mrs Trump were met by The King and Queen.

The President of the United States of America and Mrs Trump, accompanied by Their Majesties with Their Royal Highnesses, drove in a Carriage Procession to Windsor Castle with a Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry.

Gun Salutes were fired from the East Lawn by The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and at HM Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company.

A Guard of Honour was provided at Windsor Castle by Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards, 7 Company Coldstream Guards and F Company Scots Guards with the Massed Bands of the Foot Guards and the Pipes and Drums.

The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery marched past, The Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry ranked past and the Guard of Honour marched past.

His Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, The King’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard and the Military Knights of Windsor were on duty.

The President of the United States of America and Mrs Trump this afternoon visited St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and were received by the Dean (the Right Reverend Dr Christopher Cocksworth).

The President and Mrs Trump laid a Wreath on the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II in The King George VI Chapel.

The President of the United States of America and Mrs Trump, accompanied by The King and Queen, later attended a Beating Retreat on the East Lawn by the Massed Bands of the Royal Marines Portsmouth, the Band of the Scots Guards and the Central and College Bands of the Royal Air Force, joined by The United States of America Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, and subsequently witnessed a fly-past by United States and United Kingdom F-35 aircraft and the Red Arrows of the Royal Air Force.

The King and Queen gave a State Banquet this evening in honour of The President of the United States of America and Mrs Trump at which The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence and The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present.

The following had the honour of being invited:

Suite of The President of the United States of America and Mrs Trump:

His Excellency Mr Warren Stephens (Ambassador from the United States of America to the Court of St James’s) and Mrs Stephens, the Hon Marco Rubio (Secretary of State of the United States of America and Acting National Security Advisor), the Hon Scott Bessent (Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America), the Hon Susie Wiles (Assistant to The President and Chief of Staff), the Hon Steve Witkoff (Assistant to The President and Special Envoy for Peace Missions), the Hon James Blair (Assistant to The President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs), the Hon Beau Harrison (Assistant to The President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations), the Hon Nicholas Luna (Assistant to The President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Implementation), the Hon Stephen Miller (Assistant to The President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor), the Hon Dan Scavino (Assistant to The President and Deputy Chief of Staff), and the Hon Hayley Harrison (Assistant to The President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady).

Specially attached to The President of the United States of America and Mrs Trump:

The Viscount Hood (Lord-in-Waiting) and Mr James Roscoe (Chargé d’Affaires to the United States of America).

Diplomatic Corps:

His Excellency the Ambassador of Honduras and Mrs Mirian Nasser de Romero.

The Cabinet and Government:

The Prime Minister and Lady Starmer, the Rt Hon David Lammy MP (Deputy Prime Minister) and Ms Nicola Green, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr Nicholas Joicey, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and the Rt Hon Edward Balls, the Secretary of State for the Home Department (the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP), the Rt Hon John Healey MP (Secretary of State for Defence) and Mrs Jackie Healey, and Sir Christopher Wormald (Cabinet Secretary) and Lady Wormald.

Special Invitations:

Mr Sam Altman (Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI) and Mr Oliver Mulherin, Mr Murray Auchincloss (Chief Executive Officer, bp plc) and Ms Julia Emanuele, the Rt Hon Olukemi Badenoch MP (Leader of the Opposition) and Mr Hamish Badenoch, Mr Andrew Bailey (Governor of the Bank of England) and Professor Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, Mr Marc Benioff (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce) and Mrs Benioff, the Lord Great Chamberlain and the Lady Carrington, Mr Varun Chandra (Prime Minister’s Special Advisor on Business and Investment), Mr Timothy Cook (Chief Executive Officer, Apple Incorporated), Mr Tufan Erginbilgic (Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce plc), Sir Nicholas Faldo (Retired Professional Golfer and Broadcaster) and Lady Faldo, Mr Niall Farquharson (Chairman, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews) and Dr Judy Farquharson, Mr Larry Fink (Chairman and Chief Executive, BlackRock), Ms Jane Fraser (Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup) and Mr Alberto Piedra, Mr John Gosden (Racehorse Trainer) and Ms Rachel Hood, Dame Katherine Grainger (Chairman, British Olympic Association), Mr Rene Haas (Chief Executive Officer, Arm Holdings plc), Sir Demis Hassabis (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, DeepMind) and Lady Hassabis, Ms Deborah Hewitt (Chairman, Football Association) and Mr Paul Hewitt, the Speaker of the House of Commons and Lady Hoyle, Mr Jensen Huang (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nvidia) and Mrs Huang, Ms Charley Hull (Golfer), Dame Vivian Hunt (Chief Innovation Officer, United Health Group), Mr Greg Jackson (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Octopus Energy Group) and Ms Sarah Tye, Ms Anne Keast-Butler (Director, Government Communications Headquarters) and Mr Timothy Ash Vie, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton (Chief of the Defence Staff) and Lady Knighton, Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly (deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland) and Mr Richard Pengelly, the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Sir Kenneth McCallum (Director General, British Security Service), the Lord Speaker (the Lord McFall of Alcluith), Mr Morgan McSweeney (Chief of Staff, Prime Minister’s Office), Sir Richard Moore (Chief, Secret Intelligence Service) and Lady Moore, Mr Brian Moynihan (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America), Mr Rupert Murdoch (Founder, News Corporation) and Mrs Murdoch, Mr Satya Nadella (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation) and Mrs Nadella, Ms Ruth Porat (President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google) and Mr Anthony Paduano, Mr Jonathan Powell (National Security Adviser), the Lord Reed of Allermuir (President of the Supreme Court) and the Lady Reed of Allermuir, Ms Paula Reynolds (Chairman, National Grid plc) and Mr Stephen Reynolds, Sir Oliver Robbins (Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) and Lady Robbins, Sir Mark Rowley (Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis) and Lady Rowley, Mr Christopher Ruddy (Chief Executive Officer, Newsmax Incorporated), Mr Wael Sawan (Chief Executive Officer, Shell plc) and Mrs Sawan, Sir Stephen Schwarzman (Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Blackstone), Sir Pascal Soriot (Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca) and Lady Soriot, the Lady Charles Spencer-Churchill (Interior Designer), Mr John Swinney MSP (First Minister of the Scottish Government), the Lord True (Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords) and the Lady True, Mr CS Venkatakrishnan (Group Chief Executive, Barclays) and Mrs Venkatakrishnan, Dame Emma Walmsley (Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline plc) and Mr David Owen, and Dr Charles Woodburn (Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems plc) and Dr Valerie Woodburn.

White House and United States of America Delegation Guests:

Ms Tiffany Trump, Mr Michael Boulos, the Hon John Ratcliffe (Director of the Central Intelligence Agency), the Hon Steven Cheung (Assistant to The President and Director of Communications), the Hon Robert Gabriel (Assistant to The President and Deputy National Security Advisor), the Hon Michael Kratsios (Assistant to The President for Science and Technology), the Hon Karoline Leavitt (Assistant to The President and Press Secretary), the Hon Will Scharf (Assistant to The President and Staff Secretary), the Hon David Warrington (Assistant to The President and White House Counsel), the Hon Ross Worthington (Assistant to The President and Director of Speechwriting), the Hon Monica Crowley (Chief of Protocol of the United States of America), Mr Mark Burnett (Special Envoy for the United Kingdom), Mr David Sacks (AI and Crypto Czar), the Hon Charles McLaughlin (Special Assistant to The President and Senior Director for Europe and Russia), the Hon Sergio Gor (Assistant to The President and Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel), and Mrs Jeanette Rubio.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, Chairman, The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, this morning held a Meeting at Airways Hotel, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

His Royal Highness later departed from Port Moresby International Airport and was received this afternoon upon arrival in Singapore by Ms Lucy Hughes (Deputy British High Commissioner to the Republic of Singapore).

The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, GB Paralympics, this evening called upon the Aquatics GB Para-Swimming Team at Eden Hall, 28 Nassim Road, Singapore.

The Duchess of Edinburgh this afternoon departed from Heathrow Airport, London, for Japan.

Mrs Angus Galletley is in attendance.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, this morning attended the Centenary Awards Presentation at Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, and was received by Mrs Morven Mackenzie (Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Aberdeen).