Queen Elizabeth II invites Donald and Melania Trump to a state visit on June 3 – 23/04/2019

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, and his wife Melania will perform a state visit to the United Kingdom from June 3 to 5, Buckingham Palace, official residence of Queen Elizabeth ii.

The US President and First Lady had already met the Queen of England at Windsor Castle during a "working visit" in July 2018, which had resulted in a strong wave of demonstrations in the country.

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A state visit involves highest honors as a working visit and includes a traditional chariot tour and official banquets.

On this occasion, "the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, accompanied by Melania Trump, accepted the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to visit the state at the same time. United Kingdom from Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 June 2019, "the palace said in a statement.

"In due course they will be announced More details about the program, "he added.

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The Washington White House, for its part, said the visit would serve "reaffirm the lasting and privileged relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom"at a time when London is looking to leave the European Union permanently, as part of a process called Brexit, which has gone through more than three years of failures.

"In addition to meeting the Queen, the President will participate in a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister, Theresa May," said a press release.

Trump will participate in the 75th anniversary ceremony of the Battle of Normandy which will take place in Portsmouth (south of England).

"This is an opportunity to strengthen our already close relationship," said Tuesday.

"I am proud that the United Kingdom welcomes representatives of the Allied nations to commemorate the sacrifice and recognize the extraordinary cooperation that made the Normandy landings possible," he added.

Leaders from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Poland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Greece, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were also invited to the celebration.

In July 2018, Trump's trip to the UK caused a big wave of rejection. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against him in the streets of London, calling the President of the United States "misogynistic, homophobic, xenophobic."

The demonstrations were mbadive. They mobilized tens of thousands of people throughout the UK, in the most congested since 2003 against the war in Iraq.