Donald Trump's embarrassing royal blunder during state visit with late Queen

In 2019, the White House made a glaring error in a statement which announced US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump would be travelling to the UK on a state visit to meet Queen Elizabeth II and the wider Royal Family. The US President and his wife previously travelled to the UK for three days in June 2019.

Royal fans clocked the error when the official announcement was first made, which referred to the late Queen as "Her Royal Majesty". Following correct royal protocol, Queen Elizabeth II should have been correctly referred to as "Her Majesty" or "Your Majesty".

It is other royals, such as Prince William or Princess Anne, who are referred to as "Your Royal Highness". The statement in full read: "President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump accepted the invitation of Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to visit the United Kingdom from June 3 to 5, 2019."

The statement continued: "This state visit will reaffirm the steadfast and special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. In addition to meeting the Queen, the President will participate in a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May.

It added: "While in the United Kingdom, the President and First Lady will attend a ceremony in Portsmouth to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day."

As previously stated in an Express article issued at the time, one X user wrote of the blunder: "I am American. I will say in advance to all in England 'please don't judge us all by him'."

Another X user, wrote: "I was hoping he would be voted out before this occurred."

A third said: "On behalf of the American people, I apologise for this, and all future screw ups and offences that will come from this visit."

The US President and First Lady landed in the UK tonight ahead of their official welcome at Windsor Castle tomorrow where they will be hosted by King Charles.

On Thursday, President Trump will head to Chequers, Sir Keir Starmer's country home in Buckinghamshire, to meet the Prime Minister and his wife, Lady Starmer. The First Lady, meanwhile, will remain in Windsor to carry out engagements with the Queen and the Princess of Wales.

Security will be on high alert during the visit, with police warning officers will be ready to respond to a potential high-threat incident in Windsor, where a 24-hour-a-day policing operation will be in place.