Overview
- At a South Lawn ceremony, President Trump praised the close U.S.–UK alliance and criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer over Iran.
- King Charles is set to address a joint session of Congress later today, becoming the second British monarch to do so after his mother in 1991.
- The visit opened with a private tea with the president and a British Embassy garden reception that drew about 600 guests from politics, science, philanthropy, environmental work, and the arts.
- The itinerary features a U.S. 250th time-capsule project planned for placement beneath the Washington Monument, echoing a capsule placed in London’s Trafalgar Square last summer.
- A New York stop has been confirmed by UK minister Stephen Doughty, with details withheld for security reasons.