US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump called on Queen Elizabeth at the Buckingham Palace on Monday, May 3rd. They were hosted for a private lunch by the Queen during the welcome ceremony.
Trump was presented with a first edition of Sir Winston Churchill's book The Second World War, from 1959, with gilt decorations and hand-sewn bindings in the colours of the US flag. He was also given a three-piece Duofold pen set decorated with an EIIR emblem, in a design made exclusively for the monarch.
Mrs Trump received a specially commissioned silver box with a handcrafted enamel lid, decorated in royal blue with roses, thistles and shamrocks to represent the ceiling of Buckingham Palace's music room.
Crowds were gathered outside Buckingham Palace as the president and first lady landed by helicopter shortly after midday.
Mr and Mrs Trump laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey.