The American president has already been on a state visit once before. That was in June 2019, when he was invited by Queen Elizabeth. Normally, presidents who have served a second term are not invited on state visits. Instead, they are invited for tea or lunch.

But King Charles has chosen to do things a little differently. In February, according to the BBC, it emerged that Trump had been invited on a state visit for the second time.

The invitation came as a surprise to many, and there was much discussion about whether the invitation was due to there having been another president between Trump’s two terms in office, whether it was due to there being a new monarch, or something else entirely.

In any case