Breitbart WASHINGTON — British Ambassador to the United States Lord Peter Mandelson told Breitbart News exclusively that the United Kingdom is very much looking forward to hosting U.S. President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle for a historic second state visit for Trump later this month, and that King Charles “is going to roll out the red carpet” for the leader of the United States.
“The King is going to roll out the red carpet for President Trump,” Mandelson said in a wide-ranging interview on Thursday afternoon at the British embassy here in the U.S. capital. “It’s going to be great. I mean it’s unique because it’s the first time that a head of state like the President has undertaken a state visit to Britain and that shows, I think, the King’s tremendous regard for the President. But it’s going to be special, too, for another reason: It’s not going to be in London. It’s going to be in Windsor, at Windsor Castle, and the King and the Royal Family love that castle. They love Windsor. The late Queen loved it. The Prince and the Princess of Wales have chosen to live in Windsor. So I think the entire thing, which is the first day, is going to be very ceremonial, with lots of color, lots of pageantry. I think it just shows how much our country respects the President, and I think it shows the closeness of our two countries.”
Trump’s state visit to the U.K. will take place from Sept. 17 to Sept. 19, and represents his second such state visit—unique for an American president because of interesting circumstances that include the fact that Trump’s two terms in the White House are non-consecutive and that there is a new monarch in the U.K. after Queen Elizabeth’s passing and King Charles’s ascension to the throne.
Mandelson sat with Breitbart News for this exclusive interview just hours before flying back to the U.K. on Thursday evening to deliver a key lecture address to the Ditchley Foundation’s annual gathering in which he highlighted the ties between the United States and the United Kingdom. He also spoke highly of Trump and addressed some common misconceptions about the president, arguing that the U.S. leader is known for taking risks and making bold moves in the national interest.
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