- Charles and Queen Camilla were greeted on Tuesday morning with a state ceremony by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the second day of the historic visit.
- King Charles presented Donald Trump with a framed replica of the 1879 design plans for the Resolute Desk, the original drawings of which are held by the National Maritime Museum in London.
- The Resolute Desk, a permanent fixture in the White House, was crafted from the timbers of the British exploration ship HMS Resolute and gifted to President Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880.
- Donald Trump reciprocated by gifting King Charles a custom replica of a 1785 letter from John Adams to John Jay, detailing Adams' historic meeting with King George III, where both expressed a desire for renewed friendship between their nations.
- Separately, Queen Camilla gave Melania Trump a brooch by British designer Fiona Rae, while Melania Trump presented Camilla with Tiffany's English King Sterling Silver Teaspoons and White House Honey.
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