Donald Trump’s Britain trip will see him meeting the queen – and avoiding protests
US president will dine at Blenheim Palace and meet Queen Elizabeth, but is unlikely to see the ‘Trump Baby’ blimp
US President Donald Trump’s coming visit to Britain will take him to a palace, a country mansion and a castle – and will mostly avoid London, where noisy protests are planned.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said on Friday that Trump was expected to arrive on Thursday after attending a Nato summit in Brussels, Belgium. That evening he is to attend a black-tie dinner with business leaders at Blenheim Palace, a grand country house near Oxford that was the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
He will be greeted with military pomp, including a welcome by bands of the Irish, Scots and Welsh Guards. The Royal Regiment of Scotland – homeland of Trump’s mother – will pipe him out at the end of the dinner.
The next day, Trump and May will visit an unspecified defence site before holding talks at Chequers, the prime minister’s country retreat 40 miles (65 kms) from the capital. Later on Friday, Trump will travel to Windsor Castle, west of London, for an audience with Queen Elizabeth.
The itinerary will keep the president away from London on Friday, where protesters plan to march and to fly a “Trump Baby” blimp – depicting Trump as a screaming orange infant in diapers – over Parliament.