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Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla will this week host the German president for a state visit, with the format reverting to normal after royal elements of US President Donald Trump’s stay were restricted to the Windsor estate.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife, former judge Elke Budenbender, will be formally welcomed by Charles and Camilla on an open-air royal dais in the centre of the Berkshire town, before enjoying a carriage ride through the streets, past the crowds, to the castle.
US President Trump was greeted away from the public at the remote Victoria House in Windsor parkland in September, followed by a carriage procession through the private estate, amid heightened security.
Prince William and Princess Kate will play a key role by greeting Steinmeier and Budenbender at Heathrow Airport and accompanying them to Windsor on Wednesday morning at the start of their three-day stay.
Steinmeier will go on to receive a ceremonial welcome in the castle quadrangle, attended by the king, Camilla, William and Kate, and be honoured with a grand state banquet in the historic royal residence’s St George’s Hall on Wednesday evening.
On Thursday morning he will privately lay flowers at the tomb of the late Queen Elizabeth in the castle’s St George’s Chapel before joining the king and queen for a Big Help Out reception to showcase the impact volunteering can have on communities.
Before a formal farewell, they will be shown the State Sleigh, which was designed by Queen Victoria’s German-born husband Prince Albert and recorded in Victoria’s diary in 1845.
The king, who has German ancestry on both sides of his family, speaks German well.

Unusually, the event marks the third incoming state visit hosted by the monarch this year – with Charles also welcoming French President Emmanuel Macron in July.
The king is still undergoing treatment for cancer but is showing no let-up in his busy schedule.
He travelled to Germany with Camilla in 2023 for the first state visit since his accession and became the first British monarch to address German politicians during a session of the Bundestag.
Steinmeier’s state visit is the first by a German leader in 27 years. He will visit Downing Street for talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday afternoon and join a meeting of UK and German business leaders.
The UK and Germany signed a new partnership, known as the Kensington Treaty, in July, with Starmer pledging the two countries would “work ever more closely”.
The agreement included freeing up school exchange visits and passport e-gates, the setting up of a task force to explore a direct train link between the UK and Germany, and a commitment to closer cooperation on trade, security and defence.
Germany is in the process of strengthening its efforts to tackle illegal migration by introducing a new law to criminalise gangs who supply and store small boats for use in crossings to the UK.
Federal President Steinmeier will also address Parliament on Thursday – something denied to Trump as the House of Commons was not sitting at the time of his trip.

The German president and his wife will pay a poignant visit on Friday with the duke of Kent to lay a wreath at the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral, which was bombed by the Germans during World War II.
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz in November 1940, in which 568 people were killed and 4,300 homes destroyed, along with the Cathedral Church of St Michael.
Steinmeier and Budenbender will tour the new cathedral, which was completed in 1962, and join a prayer service highlighting the ministry’s commitment to peace and reconciliation.
Coventry is twinned with the German cities of Kiel and Dresden in recognition of the shared experience of devastating bombings during the conflict.
Budenbender will also visit Judith Kerr Primary School, in southeast London, on Wednesday to meet pupils and celebrate the school’s connection to its namesake, the German-born British author and illustrator who wrote the much-loved children’s book The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
The last incoming German state visit took place in 1998 when Queen Elizabeth hosted then-president Roman Herzog at Windsor Castle.


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Frank-Walter Steinmeier will land in England on Wednesday. The last German state visit was in 1998 when Queen Elizabeth hosted Roman Herzog


Frank-Walter Steinmeier will land in England on Wednesday. The last German state visit was in 1998 when Queen Elizabeth hosted Roman Herzog.


UK’s King Charles to host first state visit by a German president in 27 years

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Frank-Walter Steinmeier will land in England on Wednesday. The last German state visit was in 1998 when Queen Elizabeth hosted Roman Herzog

Frank-Walter Steinmeier will land in England on Wednesday. The last German state visit was in 1998 when Queen Elizabeth hosted Roman Herzog