Someone beamed yuge pic of Epstein and Trump onto Windsor Castle as he arrived for state visit

The ‘unprecedented’ security operation around Trump’s visit has shut a number of roads around Windsor.

The following roads will be affected today:

• A308 Osborne Road

• A308 Frances Road
• A308 Kings Road Roundabout
• A308 Albert Road
• A322 Kings Road from junction with Bolton Road
• St Leonards Road from Bolton Road Roundabout

Closed until Thursday September 18:

• The Thames Path between Victoria Bridge and Albert Bridge will be closed

Closed until Friday September 19

• The River Thames between Old Windsor Lock and Windsor and Eton Footbridge will be closed on multiple unspecified occasions
• Castle Hill road will be closed

It’s been called ‘America’s unofficial party house’ and is the first place Trump went to after landing in the UK.

The US president stayed overnight at Winfield House – the official residence of the US ambassador to the UK.

The estate boasts the second largest private garden in London, after Buckingham Palace’s, as large as seven football pitches.

The historic rooms regularly host US Presidents, from Trump and Biden to Eisenhower and Bush, to other world leaders and British monarchs.

Lavish parties and dinners are also a regular there, including one hosted by Trump for the King when he was last on a state visit.

If his social media is anything to go by, the president did not exactly get an early night before today’s pomp and pageantry.

Trump was busy posting on his Truth Social page well past 3am this morning.

He was directing his ire at his predecessor Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris over their handling of legal cases against him.

If his social media is anything to go by, the president did not exactly get an early night before today’s pomp and pageantry.

Trump was busy posting on his Truth Social page well past 3am this morning.

He was directing his ire at his predecessor Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris over their handling of legal cases against him.

The ‘complex’ security operation around today’s welcome ceremony has been described as ‘unprecedented’ by the Ministry of Defence.

It is expected to cost at least £10 million and involve drones policing the air above Windsor.

Airspace restrictions over the historic castle are among a plethora of measures will swing into action around Windsor.

A man was arrested ahead of Trump’s visit on Tuesday after a drone was flown near to the royal residence.

A seven-foot-high wall has also been temporarily erected around the estate.

The president and first lady will be formally welcomed by the King and Queen at Windsor Castle later this afternoon.

They will also meet the Prince and Princess of Wales before watching a military procession, including servicemen from the Royal Air Force, Royal Marines and the Army.

The president and the King will inspect the largest Guard of Honour ever assembled for a state visit, before Trump joins the royal family in the state dining room.

Later in the day, Trump is set to visit the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II at St George’s Chapel.

A flypast will also take place, featuring F-35 jets from the UK and US forces, as well as the RAF aerobatic team or the Red Arrows.

Gun salutes will also be fired from the east lawn on the estate and from the Tower of London.

Both Trump and the King will give speeches at the traditional state banquet at Windsor Castle on Wednesday evening.

Good morning and welcome to Metro’s live blog of Donald Trump’s unprecedented second state visit to the UK this week.

The US president touched down at Stansted Airport last night ahead of two days of British pomp and pageantry.

His helicopter, Marine One, was seen flying over London en route to Winfield House, the home of the US ambassador, where he stayed overnight.

Protests around Windsor were already in full force, with videos Trump and Epstein later projected onto the Castle walls.

Trump has said today is going to be ‘a very big day’, with the US leader meeting King Charles at Windsor Castle later today.

At 2pm, a huge anti-Trump protest is also due to get underway in central London.

Thank you for following our live coverage today.

We are wrapping up here, but we will be back in the morning with the latest updates on Trump’s state visit.

Donald Trump landed at the US ambassador’s residence in Regent’s Park, central London, just now.

Discussing the UK, he told reporters: ‘Well, I love it. I love Turnberry [the golf course he owns], I love Aberdeen.

‘I have a lot of things here that… they warm my heart. I want to tell you it’s a very special place.’

Trump has set the tone of this week’s state visit pretty quickly.

He told reporters after landing: ‘Enjoy yourselves. You’re going to have some great pictures today.  You’re going to have the best pictures. 

‘It’s going to be a beautiful event. Everyone’s looking forward to it.’

Donald Trump is in Windsor Castle – well, kind of.

The US president won’t be at the royal residence until tomorrow, but an archive photograph of him with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein is being projected onto the side of Windsor Castle.

Protesters are beaming photos of the pair, as well as Virginia Giuffre, Epstein’s most well-known victim, who died in April.

Four arrests have been made over the Windsor Castle projections.

The Trumps have now boarded their next flight – the helicopter Marine One.

They’ll be travelling to Winfield House in Regent’s Park, a townhouse that is the residence of the US ambassador to the UK.

The US President and the First Lady have disembarked Air Force One and are currently shaking the hands of top government officials.

Among them are the US Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Monica Crowley, and Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, who is representing the king.

The helicopter that will pick up President Trump and Melania once they land has arrived at Stansted.

Air Force One should be arriving shortly and is expected no later than 9pm.

Phil Warren, 45, from Windsor, who runs Warren Property Matters in Eton, said his offices on Eton High Street shook last week when airfact flew over.

‘There is some disruption but it’s no different from any other time there’s a wedding or another royal event at the castle. We are just waiting for the arrival now,’ he added to Metro.

‘The way I see it is, I go to America every year, I love America, they back us up and I would rather be with them than against them.’

Claire Alford, manager of pet shop A Dog’s Life in Windsor town centre, has been doing a swift trade in Donald Trump chewy pet toys.

She told Metro: ‘We’ve always had them in the shop, but with Trump coming here, they’ve become more popular. They are selling like hot cakes.

‘Putting politics aside, we are here to run a business and for us it’s been pretty good. We started off with about 250 a few days ago and we’ve got around 50 left. I’m hoping that they go soon.

‘Some are buying because they want it for their pet to destroy, others are buying because they want them. There’s a mix of emotions.’

We know that Donald Trump’s plane will land in Stansted at roughly 8.30pm.

But if you’re hoping to track the president’s plane, known as Air Force One, it might be a tad tricky.

Air Force One – the call sign for whatever plane the president is travelling aboard – is a Boeing VC-25, a military version of the Boeing 747 airliner.

But like other high-profile aircraft, Air Force One can’t be tracked like most commercial flights. On the plane’s page on the aviation tracker, FlightRadar24, no flight routes or data are displayed.

In roughly an hour, Donald Trump will land in the UK for his second-ever state visit.

And it starts off sufficiently British, to say the least. The president of the United States is landing at Stansted Airport, which doesn’t exactly rank too high in lists of the country’s best airports.

Afterwards, however, it gets slightly classier. His two-day visit, hosted by King Charles and Queen Camilla, will see Trump visit Windsor Castle tomorrow.

Trump will watch a fly-past by the Red Arrows, the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force, before seeing the Beating Retreat, a colourful military ceremony.

On Thursday, Trump will travel to Chequers, Keir Starmer’s country home, and will also hold a news conference with the prime minister.

He’ll remain at Windsor, ending the trip by joining Catherine, Princess of Wales, at Frogmore Gardens for an event with the Scouts Association.

You can read more about Trump’s state visit here.

He’s not quite the president of the United States, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio just landed in the UK.

Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Dousdebes, were greeted by the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, as they arrived at Stansted Airport.