Donald Trump three-day state visit to UK confirmed for June this year

Donald Trump will come to the UK on a three-day official state visit in June, Buckingham Palace confirmed today.

The US president and First Lady Melania will arrive on June 3 as guests of the Queen and will meet the Prime Minister at No 10 for bilateral talks.

In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “The President of the United States, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Mrs Melania Trump, has accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a state visit to the United Kingdom.”

Ahead of the visit, Theresa May said the two countries have a “deep and enduring partnership” and “shared interests”.

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She said: “We do more together than any two nations in the world and we are both safer and more prosperous because of our cooperation.

“The state visit is an opportunity to strengthen our close relationship in areas such as trade, investment, security and defence, and to discuss how we can build on these ties in the years ahead.”

A White House spokesman added: “This state visit will reaffirm the steadfast and special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.”

Mr Trump and his wife will then travel to Normandy on June 6 to meet French president Emmanuel Macron.

In 2017, Mrs May offered the president a state visit to Britain and drew criticism she was handing out the prestigious offer so early into his tenure.

Last year Mr Trump visited the country on a two-day working visit.

During his visit in June he will attend an event in Portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day which will include military displays and tributes to the allied troops who fought in Normandy in the Second World War.

A spokesperson for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, said: “Sadiq’s views about Trump are well-known but he understands the importance of the president coming here at a time when we mark the anniversary of D-Day.”

Last week, Speaker John Bercow said that he was “not minded” to invite the US president to address Parliament during the visit. Today a spokeswoman for the Speaker’s Office said: “Should a request be made to address the Houses of Parliament, it will be considered in the usual way.”

However, anti-Trump campaigners have promised to descend on the capital during the president’s UK visit.

Today opponents began co-ordinating plans for a mass demonstration against Mr Trump, who has been criticised for his approach to immigration and climate change.

Shaista Aziz, from the Stop Trump coalition, said: “It is time for everyone who opposes this politics of hate and bigotry to stand up and be counted.”