Donald Trump's state visit to the UK: live updates - CNN

The Lofgran and Weed families outside Buckingham Palace. CNN

Crowds are beginning to gather outside Buckingham Palace ahead of US President Donald Trump's arrival to meet the Queen.

For two American families, Trump's UK trip came as a surprise. "We were on holiday and just read he was coming, and thought, 'this is going to be interesting!'” Andrea Lofgran, from Arizona, told CNN.

“When we came around the corner and saw the American flag and the Union Jacks together coming down the Mall it sent chills up and down. It was really special," added Lofgran, who is visiting London with her daughter Lauren, nine, and their neighbors Dave and Julia Weed.

“It’s pretty impressive if you think of the Queen and how many presidents she has met. That’s what blows me away," she said.

The Queen has met every US president during her reign, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson. Her first presidential meeting was with Harry Truman in 1951, a year before she ascended to the throne.

"I'm excited to see Marine One and the helicopters," added Lauren.

Joseph Afrane, 55, from London, is used to setting up camp outside Buckingham Palace. The royal fan was in place bright and early. -- wearing a specially-made suit -- as he has been several times for big royal occasions.

"If Her Majesty is holding a very important national event, I will come down as early as half past seven,” he told CNN.

Afrane said he was “very, very excited" about the US President's state visit.

Joseph Afrane in his special suit. CNN

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2019-06-03 10:35:00Z
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Donald Trump's state visit to the UK: live updates - CNN

The Lofgran and Weed families outside Buckingham Palace. CNN

Crowds are beginning to gather outside Buckingham Palace ahead of US President Donald Trump's arrival to meet the Queen.

For two American families, Trump's UK trip came as a surprise. "We were on holiday and just read he was coming, and thought, 'this is going to be interesting!'” Andrea Lofgran, from Arizona, told CNN.

“When we came around the corner and saw the American flag and the Union Jacks together coming down the Mall it sent chills up and down. It was really special," added Lofgran, who is visiting London with her daughter Lauren, nine, and their neighbors Dave and Julia Weed.

“It’s pretty impressive if you think of the Queen and how many presidents she has met. That’s what blows me away," she said.

The Queen has met every US president during her reign, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson. Her first presidential meeting was with Harry Truman in 1951, a year before she ascended to the throne.

"I'm excited to see Marine One and the helicopters," added Lauren.

Joseph Afrane, 55, from London, is used to setting up camp outside Buckingham Palace. The royal fan was in place bright and early. -- wearing a specially-made suit -- as he has been several times for big royal occasions.

"If Her Majesty is holding a very important national event, I will come down as early as half past seven,” he told CNN.

Afrane said he was “very, very excited" about the US President's state visit.

Joseph Afrane in his special suit. CNN

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2019-06-03 10:28:00Z
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Donald Trump's state visit to the UK: live updates - CNN

The Lofgran and Weed families outside Buckingham Palace. CNN

Crowds are beginning to gather outside Buckingham Palace ahead of US President Donald Trump's arrival to meet the Queen.

For two American families, Trump's UK trip came as a surprise. "We were on holiday and just read he was coming, and thought, 'this is going to be interesting!'” Andrea Lofgran, from Arizona, told CNN.

“When we came around the corner and saw the American flag and the Union Jacks together coming down the Mall it sent chills up and down. It was really special," added Lofgran, who is visiting London with her daughter Lauren, nine, and their neighbors Dave and Julia Weed.

“It’s pretty impressive if you think of the Queen and how many presidents she has met. That’s what blows me away," she said.

The Queen has met every US president during her reign, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson. Her first presidential meeting was with Harry Truman in 1951, a year before she ascended to the throne.

"I'm excited to see Marine One and the helicopters," added Lauren.

Joseph Afrane, 55, from London, is used to setting up camp outside Buckingham Palace. The royal fan was in place bright and early. -- wearing a specially-made suit -- as he has been several times for big royal occasions.

"If Her Majesty is holding a very important national event, I will come down as early as half past seven,” he told CNN.

Afrane said he was “very, very excited" about the US President's state visit.

Joseph Afrane in his special suit. CNN

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2019-06-03 09:55:00Z
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Donald Trump's state visit to the UK: live updates - CNN

Trump and Hunt meet at Stansted Airport ISABEL INFANTES/AFP/Getty Images

Shortly before landing, Donald Trump tweeted a typically aggressive broadside against London mayor Sadiq Khan -- and it appears Khan was still on his mind as he stepped off the plane moments later.

Trump shared his "very strong views" about Khan with British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt while the pair met on the tarmac, Hunt told the BBC.

"He mentioned to me some of his feelings about the Mayor of London, which I saw subsequently he just tweeted out as well," Hunt said.

Asked to go into detail about what Trump had said, Hunt added: "He wasn't exactly saying that he's going to inviting Sadiq Khan for royal treatment at the White House anytime soon."

"What he said to me was consistent with what was in his tweet, let's put it like that," Hunt said.

Trump had tweeted minutes before landing that Khan was a "stone cold loser," before mocking Khan's height and comparing him to New York's mayor Bill de Blasio, who Trump called "very dumb and incompetent."

Responding to Trump's Twitter comments, a spokesperson for Khan said the President should not be hurling "childish insults" at the mayor: "This is much more serious than childish insults which should be beneath the President of the United States."

"Sadiq is representing the progressive values of London and our country, warning that Donald Trump is the most egregious example of a growing far-right threat around the globe, which is putting at risk the basic values that have defined our liberal democracies for more than 70 years," his spokesperson said, according to Britain's Press Association news agency.

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2019-06-03 09:30:00Z
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Donald Trump's state visit to the UK: live updates - CNN

A fence erected around Winfield House in Regent's Park on Sunday. ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

The Trumps will spend the next few hours at Winfield House, the US Ambassador's official residence in Regent's Park, central London, where they will stay during their state visit.

The couple would normally stay at Buckingham Palace on a state visit, but renovations to the building mean the Queen is unable to put her guests up for the night.

Temporary fences have been built around the Ambassador's residence in the public park ahead of the trip, and several media tents have been set up near by.

After settling in on Monday morning, Trump and his wife Melania will head to Buckingham Palace for a lunchtime reception.

The first day of the tour will be a royal affair throughout. The pair will have lunch with the Queen, tea with Prince Charles and enjoy a state banquet in the evening.

On Tuesday the trip will get more political, as Trump sits down with the outgoing UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, in Downing Street.

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2019-06-03 08:35:00Z
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Donald Trump's state visit to the UK: live updates - CNN

A fence erected around Winfield House in Regent's Park on Sunday. ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

The Trumps will spend the next few hours at Winfield House, the US Ambassador's official residence in Regent's Park, central London, where they will stay during their state visit.

The couple would normally stay at Buckingham Palace on a state visit, but renovations to the building mean the Queen is unable to put her guests up for the night.

Temporary fences have been built around the Ambassador's residence in the public park ahead of the trip, and several media tents have been set up near by.

After settling in on Monday morning, Trump and his wife Melania will head to Buckingham Palace for a lunchtime reception.

The first day of the tour will be a royal affair throughout. The pair will have lunch with the Queen, tea with Prince Charles and enjoy a state banquet in the evening.

On Tuesday the trip will get more political, as Trump sits down with the outgoing UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, in Downing Street.

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2019-06-03 08:16:00Z
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WATCH LIVE: President Donald Trump lands at London Stansted for UK state visit - The Sun

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2019-06-03 06:58:11Z
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