Updated March 31, 2026, 2:56 p.m. ET
King Charles III has set his first state visit to the United States as Britain’s monarch.
Charles and Queen Camilla will visit the United States in late April at the invitation of President Donald Trump, Buckingham Palace confirmed Tuesday, March 31.
This will be the first U.S. state visit for Charles, 77, since he became king in 2022. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the visit will take place from April 27 to April 30 and include a banquet dinner at the White House on April 28.
Charles “will celebrate the historic connections and the modern bilateral relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, marking the 250th anniversary of American Independence,” the palace said. The king will subsequently travel to Bermuda.
“Their Majesties the King and Queen have accepted President Trump‘s generous invitation to make an historic State Visit in this landmark 250th year,” Christian Turner, British Ambassador to the United States, said in a statement. “It will be an honour to host them and celebrate our close ties with the American people through one of the world’s oldest alliances.”
Trump wrote on Truth Social that he looks “forward to spending time with the King, whom I greatly respect,” adding, “It will be TERRIFIC!”
Charles’ predecessor, his mother Queen Elizabeth II, made four state visits to the United States during her reign: in 1957, 1976, 1991 and, most recently, in 2007. Charles also visited the United States 19 times as prince of Wales, according to Buckingham Palace.
Trump, meanwhile, visited Britain in September, marking his second state visit. Upon their arrival, the president and first lady Melania Trump were greeted by the largest military ceremonial welcome “for a state visit to the U.K. in living memory,” the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence said at the time.
Charles’ U.S. state visit will come amid tensions between Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over Starmer’s reluctance to get involved in the Iran war and refusal to let the U.S. use British bases to launch initial attacks.
The visit will also come after Charles’ brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public life. The former Prince Andrew, who has received scrutiny over his past friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has denied wrongdoing. In the United States, the Department of Justice has been releasing documents related to Epstein that contain uncorroborated allegations against Trump and other high-profile people.
In a prior statement, Charles said he supports a “full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities,” adding, “Let me state clearly: the law must take its course.”
Contributing: Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy and Zac Anderson, USA TODAY; Reuters
