PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM FAR AND WIDE FOR AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING, THE QUEEN, AND THE ROYAL FAMILY – AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP WERE NO EXCEPTION!
SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE TIME (THE THEN) PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP VISITED THE UK IN A WHIRLWIND AND ACTION-PACKED TRIP, DURING WHICH TIME THEY ENJOYED A STATE BANQUET WITH THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH, KING CHARLES, QUEEN CAMILLA AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND ATTENDED D-DAY COMMEMORATIONS (AMONGST MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES…)Â
KING CHARLES WALKS ALONGSIDE FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP INTO THE EXQUISITE BANQUET
PRESIDENT TRUMP WALKS ALONGSIDE QUEEN ELIZABETH INTO THE BANQUET
AT THE BANQUET, QUEEN ELIZABETH SHONE IN HER DIAMOND AND RUBY TIARA WITH LONG CRYSTAL EMBELLISHED GOWN BY ANGELA KELLY, AND THE FIRST LADY LOOKED EXTREMELY GLAMOROUS IN HER WHITE CHRISTIAN DIOR GOWN AND LONG WHITE GLOVES WITH A CHIC CHIGNON. QUEEN CAMILLA SPARKLED IN HER LONG WHITE GOWN, EMBELLISHED WITH CRYSTALS, AND SHINING STRINGS OF PEARLS AND DIAMOND TIARA.
THE PALACE HAD PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS FOR THE BANQUET, SERVING ENGLISH SPARKLING WINES AND CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD 1990 1ER CRU CLASSE PAUILLAC TO DRINK, AND STEAMED FILLETS OF HALIBUT, AND SADDLE OF WINDSOR LAMB FOLLOWED BY STRAWBERRY SABLE TO EAT
QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKE SPEECHES AT THE BANQUET
QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKE A TOAST
THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AT THE BANQUET IN A LONG WHITE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN GOWN AND HER FAVOURITE ‘LOVER’S KNOT’ TIARA, WHICH BELONGED TO PRINCESS DIANA
PRINCE WILLIAM AND THERESA MAY ENJOYED THEIR CONVERSATION ON THE WAY INTO THE BANQUET
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DAUGHTER IVANKA LOOKED STUNNING IN A LONG FLOWING POWDER BLUE GOWN WITH INTRICATE DETAILING
DURING THEIR TRIP, US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP TOOK AN EXTENSIVE TOUR OF THE
750 YEAR OLD WESTMINSTER ABBEY
AFTER LAYING A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR,
AND BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY SIGNED THE GUEST BOOK BEFORE THEY LEFT
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY MADE THEIR WAY TO CLARENCE HOUSE
WHERE THEY ENJOYED TEA WITH KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA
AFTER EARLIER TAKING LUNCHEON AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH, KING CHARLES, QUEEN CAMILLA AND PRINCE HARRY. AFTERWARDS, QUEEN ELIZABETH SHOWED THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY US ARTEFACTS FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND KING CHARLES CHAT ON THE LAWN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER ARRIVAL (BELOW)
KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA GREET PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ON THE LAWN OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL
PRESIDENT TRUMP SHAKES HANDS WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER ARRIVAL
ON THE SECOND DAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP MET FOR A WORKING BREAKFAST WITH THERESA MAY AND COLLEAGUES
AND THEN WENT TO MEET THERESA MAY AND HER HUSBAND PHILIP AT NO 10 DOWNING STREET, UNDERTAKING VARIOUS MEETINGS
DURING WHICH TIME, MELANIA TRUMP ATTENDED A GARDEN PARTY WITH CHILDREN IN THE GARDENS OF NO 10 DOWNING STREET WITH THERESA MAY’S HUSBAND PHILIP
AND THEN THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ENJOYED A TOUR OF NO 10 DOWNING STREET
IN THE EVENING,THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY HOSTED KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA
AT THE US AMBASSADOR’S RESIDENCE
FOR A SUMPTUOUS BANQUET
THE NEXT MORNING, IT WAS OFF TO PORTSMOUTH FOR THE D-DAY 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION, WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS GREETED BY THE QUEEN (AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS)
QUEEN ELIZABETH, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHER DIGNITARIES AND WORLD LEADERS AT D-DAY COMMEMORATION IN PORTSMOUTH
AND THEN THE SPECTACULAR D-DAY 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION COMMENCED, WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH LEADING THE TRIBUTES
DURING WHICH INSPIRATIONAL STORIES FROM THE HEROIC VETERANS WERE REVEALED AND SOME OF THEIR HEART-BREAKING LETTERS READ BY WORLD LEADERS INCLUDING DONALD TRUMP, THERESA MAY, JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND EMMANUEL MACRON, WHICH FURTHER DEMONSTRATED THE OUTSTANDING BRAVERY OF THE SOLDIERS AND BROUGHT TEARS TO THE EYES OF EVERYONE.
AND THEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY JOINED QUEEN ELIZABETH AND KING CHARLES IN MEETING SOME OF THE HEROIC VETERANS. BEFORE LEAVING TO FLY OFF TO IRELAND TO MEET IRISH PM LEO VARADKAR AND ENJOY PLAYING A LITTLE GOLF AT HIS IRISH GOLF COURSE IN DOONBEG
THEN, ON THE THIRD AND FINAL DAY, IT WAS OFF TO NORMANDY FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY, FOR MORE FANTASTIC D-DAY 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS, WHERE KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA WERE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, AND THEN BACK TO IRELAND IN THE EVENING.
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY THEN LEFT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JOURNEYED BACK TO THE UNITED STATES – BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE –
THE VISIT WAS DEEMED TO BE AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS…!
