Trump LIVE: Protests in Windsor as US President arrives today for UK state visit

7 mins ago10:08 Emily Wright

Donald Trump is going to go easy on Sir Keir Starmer when he meets the UK PM on Thursday amid intense political pressure, according to reports.

One former US official told The Telegraph: “This trip will be about the splendour of Windsor Castle, inspecting the troops, the big banquet. This is a big deal for him. And the plan is to keep it about that.”

They added that Mr Trump understood that Sir Keir “was on the ropes”.

29 mins ago09:46 Emily Wright

Several protests will be taking place over the next few days against Donald Trump's state visit. This includes:

- A local protest in Windsor on Tuesday evening, by The Stop Trump Coalition.

- A "Trump Not Welcome" demonstration has been planned by the same group in London on Wednesday. The group previously organised a protest against the US president’s visit in 2018, which drew around 250,000 attendees.

- Socialist Students have said hundreds of students have pledged to walk out of schools, colleges and universities across the country on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the Stop Trump Coalition said: “We are protesting against this undeserved state visit to make sure the world knows this is not done in our name."

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has said he will boycott the ceremonial banquet for Mr Trump to “send a message” to the US president and Sir Keir Starmer over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Northern Ireland’s Michelle O’Neill will also not attend, saying that people should be more concerned about the "biggest humanitarian crisis of our time" in Gaza.

46 mins ago09:29 Emily Wright

Not everyone is against Mr Trump's second state visit. People in Turnberry, Scotland, were “cheering” US President Donald Trump when he visited in July, the chairman of Republicans Overseas group said.

Greg Swenson said he was “thrilled” about Mr Trump’s state visit to the UK and that he had visited Turnberry when the president was there over the summer.

Mr Swenson said: “I noticed that, in spite of the protests, which were managed quite well, the people on the street were quite welcoming to the president.

“So from the airport where he landed, all the way to Turnberry, lining the streets, unplanned or unorganised, but cheering him on.

“So the people, you know, I’m not saying all the people, but many people were thrilled.”

1 hour ago09:15 Emily Wright

Officers deployed for Trump's state visit will have access to a wide range of equipment and weapons, including tasers, Glock 17 sidearms, rifles and shotguns.

They will also have access to overalls, gloves, respirators and ballistic helmets “for anything that is CBRN-related – chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear,” police sergeant and operational firearms commander Daniel Hatfield said.

“That is something which hopefully is very unlikely to happen, but if there was ever to be a firearms threat as well as CBRN, this is what we would deploy with our weapons system,” Sergeant Hatfield added.

The equipment will be kept in ARV vans, alongside a first-aid kit and ballistic protection shields.

Drones, horses, dogs and marine units are also in use both before and during the visit, with patrols on the River Thames, water and riverbank searches around Windsor and airspace restrictions in place around Windsor and Chequers.

Preparations underway in Windsor ahead of the visit with US president Donald Trump, Windsor, 15th S (Image: Tony Kershaw / SWNS)

1 hour ago09:12 Emily Wright

Donald Trump is being welcomed to the UK for an unprecedented state visit.

He becomes the first US president to be invited for a second state visit, having first been welcomed in 2019.

Previously, when a US President serving a second term has visited the UK, they are instead invited for a tea or lunch with the monarch, as was the case with Barack Obama and George W Bush.

After receiving the King's invitation in February, Mr Trump said it was a "great, great honour".

1 hour ago09:06 Emily Wright

The US president and first lady are due to arrive at Windsor Castle's private estate on Tuesday evening (September 16), where they will be welcomed ceremoniously by the ambassador of the United States of America and Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, on behalf of King Charles.

A state banquet will follow on Wednesday, as well as a greeting by the Prince and Princess of Wales, followed by a formal welcome by the King and Queen. There will also be a flypast by the Red Arrows and UK and US F-35 jets over Windsor Castle.

On Thursday, Mr and Mrs Trump will visit Chequers - Sir Keir Starmer's country home in Buckinghamshire - to meet the prime minister and Lady Starmer.

The visit will last three days, and he will leave on Thursday (September 18).

1 hour ago09:02 Emily Wright

Preparations underway in Windsor ahead of the visit with US president Donald Trump, Windsor, 15th S (Image: Tony Kershaw / SWNS)

Dog toys in the image of US president Donald Trump, Windsor, 15th September 2025 Photo released 16 (Image: Tony Kershaw / SWNS)

1 hour ago08:59 Emily Wright

Security around Windsor Castle will operate at a “very high threat level” on Tuesday before US President Donald Trump arrives for his second UK state visit, police confirmed.

Thames Valley Police said its operation was “comprehensive” and under constant review, citing both planned protests and last week’s assassination of Republican activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.

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Demonstrators from the Stop Trump Coalition plan to take to Windsor High Street on Tuesday evening. The next day, they will march through central London, ending with a mass rally in Parliament Square.

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1 hour ago08:56 Emily Wright

Inviting US President Donald Trump for a second state visit was a “catastrophic” failure of judgment by Sir Keir Starmer, a campaigner from protest group Stop Trump Coalition, said.

Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Zoe Gardner said: “I think the saddest thing that I’ve actually heard about this visit is that he is going to get his golden carriage ride, but in private, because the Great British public probably would have given him the ‘rotten tomato’ treatment if he dared to show his face in public.

“We don’t like Donald Trump, but I think that this hiding him away, it reflects the sort of crouch position that the Government is in overall about this meeting.

“They’re just desperate to get through it because they know that inviting him in the first place was just one more in a long line of catastrophic political failures of judgment by our Prime Minister.”

She also described the state visit as “shameful and humiliating for the UK”, adding:

“There is an enormous line between a relationship and diplomacy with the United States, and letting this toddler come here and use our country as a theme park and honouring him with a red carpet and a banquet with the King."

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1 hour ago08:54 Emily Wright

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the first day of Donald Trump's second state visit to the UK. The US President is set to arrive on Tuesday evening and he and the first lady, Melania, will be hosted by King Charles at Windsor Castle.

However, Mr Trump will also be met with protests this evening, as demonstrators from the Stop Trump Coalition plan to take over Windsor High Street.

Please follow along for updates.