Will JD Vance or Elon Musk meet the King on Trump's state go to?

Sir Keir Starmer is ready to roll out the purple carpet to welcome Donald Trump for his unprecedented second state go to because the US president.

Mr Trump, who final visited Britain in 2019, known as King Charles a “lovely man, a beautiful man” and added it might be an “honour” to go to as soon as extra together with his spouse Melania.

The letter learn: “Fairly aside from this presenting a chance to debate a variety of problems with mutual curiosity, it might additionally supply a beneficial likelihood to plan a historic second state go to to the UK.”

The invitation spoke of the necessity to additional improve the particular relationship between the 2 nations and should come at a much-needed time.

However other than Melania Trump, who else may accompany Mr Trump for the go to?

No date has but been introduced however it’s going to definitely occur earlier than 2028.

The Scottish places of Dumfries Home and Balmoral have each been mooted as strategies Mr Trump’s mom was born within the nation.

The letter added: “As you’ll know that is unprecedented by a US president. That’s the reason I might discover it useful for us to have the ability to talk about, collectively, a variety of choices for location and programme content material.”

Mr Trump has accepted the supply and instructed Sir Keir: “We look ahead to being there and honouring the king … Your nation is a implausible nation, and it will be our honour to be there.”

The president was wined and dined by the Queen in 2019 with a procession of the guards and a royal banquet. And whereas it’s precedent for second time period presidents to simply have tea with the monarch, as Barack Obama and George W Bush did, Mr Trump will get the bells and whistles over again.

Most likely not. Mr Trump’s preliminary vice chairman Mike Pence didn’t accompany him for the 2019 state go to. Dick Cheney didn’t be part of George W Bush for the state go to in 2003 and Barack Obama acquired the royal therapy with out his deputy Joe Biden in 2011.

Nonetheless, Mr Vance has already taken an unusually energetic function within the presidential dealings by taking the lead earlier than the press in criticising Mr Zelensky earlier than Mr Trump.

And if there was a president to defy conference, absolutely it might be Mr Trump.

Having introduced his younger son X to the Oval Workplace for a media briefing, Twitter boss Mr Musk is one other to defy conference. However it might be extremely surprising for the chief of the Division of Authorities Effectivity to accompany Mr Trump.

His function as a senior advisor would doubtless imply he would keep within the US for the interval and attend to his roles inside X (previously Twitter), Tesla, Area X and the working of the division.

The 53-year-old was born in South Africa however has been a US citizen since 2002 and does have some British diplomatic expertise – having had a comfy, fireplace chat with then-prime minister Rishi Sunak in 2023.

In more moderen occasions, Mr Musk has come out as a born-again cheerleader of far-right causes.

Mr Musk’s assist for anti-Islam campaigner Stephen Yaxley-Lennon would see fervent protests greet any go to that included him.