The King and Queen will host their third state visit of 2025, rounding off a busy year of diplomatic relations. Their Majesties will welcome Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, along with his wife, Frau Elke Büdenbender, for their official UK visit from 3 to 5 December. Like all other previous state visits held this year, the couple will be feted at Windsor Castle, and it is likely to include a ceremonial welcome and a glittering state banquet.

While full details are still to be confirmed by Buckingham Palace, this will be the first inward state visit by a President of the Federal Republic of Germany in 27 years, and the fifth since 1958. Charles and Camilla undertook a state visit to Germany in 2023 – their first since the King's accession in 2022.

The state visit will come

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