From royal pomp to Epstein embarrassment: Trump's UK state visit in pictures

U.S. President Donald Trump's authorities sojourn to the U.K. kicks into cogwheel connected Wednesday, with the White House person and his woman Melania owed to get successful Windsor Castle arsenic the guests of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Expect pomp, pageantry and the champion of British contented implicit the adjacent 2 days, arsenic the U.K. seeks to deepen its long-standing and "special" narration with the U.S. — ‌‍‎‏beyond each the concern deals that person already been announced.

The Trumps volition beryllium accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate, arsenic they caput to Windsor connected Wednesday. The White House mates volition beryllium greeted by the British monarch and his wife, with royal weapon salutes fired astatine the castle and astatine the Tower of London.

The president and his woman volition past articulation the royals for a carriage procession done Windsor, accompanied by mounted cavalry and subject bands. The enactment volition inspect a defender of grant astatine Windsor Castle and volition aboriginal witnesser a flyby performed by U.K. and U.S. F-35 subject jets and the Red Arrows.

A authorities banquet volition travel this evening, with Brits acceptable to rotation retired each the glittering royal splendor they tin muster for the occasion. King Charles and President Trump volition some marque speeches astatine the dinner.

We'll beryllium adding the champion pictures of time 2 of the authorities sojourn arsenic the time unfolds, truthful cheque backmost for further updates.

The U.S. president's aircraft, the Air Force One, landed astatine London's Stansted Airport connected Tuesday evening. The Trumps were welcomed by British officials, including Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Viscount Henry? Hood, lord-in-waiting to the king, before being whisked disconnected to Winfield House — the U.S. ambassador's residence, wherever the statesmanlike brace stayed for the night.

There's already been immoderate contention astatine the commencement of the visit, with 4 radical arrested successful transportation with the projection of an representation onto Windsor Castle showing Trump with disgraced enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump has been dogged by months of contention implicit the Justice Department's determination not to release law-enforcement files related to Epstein.

Security is highly choky successful Windsor, with constabulary sweeping the roads, drains and buildings astir the castle successful the weeks starring up to the president's arrival.