Buckingham Palace announces final State Visit of the year after King Charles hosted Macron and Trump
Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles will host the German President for the final State Visit of 2025.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the First Lady of Germany, Frau Elke Büdenbender, will be greeted by the King and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle.
The Royal Family will carry out multiple engagements from December 3 to December 5 with the German politician and his wife.
President Steinmeier, 69, has visited Britain on several occasions, with his most recent trip to the country coming in May 2023 for King Charles’s Coronation.
Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles will host the German President for the final State Visit of 2025.
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King Charles has visited Germany more than 40 times, including three official visits with Queen Camilla.
This will be the first inward State Visit by a President of Germany in 27 years, and the fifth since 1958.
The King has already hosted two successful State Visits this year, with President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump spending time in the UK in July and September.
State Visits are an important tool for both the UK Government and the monarchy in strengthening relations with other nations.
Donald Trump and Melania's visit to the UK was seen as highly successful with the President of the US calling it "one of the highest honours of my life".
Royal insiders described the State Visit as an “awesome spectacle” and the Trumps as “very easy to deal with” throughout their time in the UK.
The source said: “It was very pleasing to see the way the state visit has been warmly received both by the guests and the media on both sides of the Atlantic.
“The visiting party was very easy to deal with and very appreciative of the hospitality.
“All elements of the pomp and pageantry created an awesome spectacle.
“You can tell from the expression of the principals how much they appreciated it.”
Donald Trump told reporters that King Charles was doing a great job as monarch during their farewell outside Windsor Castle.
The president said: “Thank you very much, everybody. He’s a great gentleman and a great King”.